Medical Engineering

The development of medical equipment, products and technical procedures is characterized by high research and development costs in a variety of fields related to the study of human medicine.

innovations-report provides informative and stimulating reports and articles on topics ranging from imaging processes, cell and tissue techniques, optical techniques, implants, orthopedic aids, clinical and medical office equipment, dialysis systems and x-ray/radiation monitoring devices to endoscopy, ultrasound, surgical techniques, and dental materials.

Focused ultrasound may open door to Alzheimer's treatment

There currently is no effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia. The blood-brain barrier, a network of blood vessels and…

Novel MRI-guided ultrasound treatment destroys prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men after lung cancer. Treating disease in the small gland that surrounds the urethra just…

Synapses in 3D: Scientists develop new method to map brain structures

To make the synapses visible, the research team at Southwestern University Texas, led by Reto Fiolka and Kevin Dean, developed a special microscope. The…

The Screw That Dissolves

When surgeons want to fix bone fragments after a fracture, the critical question is what type of implants to use: screws and plates made of titanium or steel,…

Endoscopic prostate surgery performed on a first human-like phantom

Airline pilots train many hundreds of hours in a flight simulator before they take to the skies. In contrast, surgeons have very limited access to simulators,…

Attacking metastatic breast cancer with sound

“We believe that our technique has the potential to be developed into a new treatment for lymph nodes invaded by metastatic tumour cells,” says Tetsuya Kodama,…

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