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.

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Speech comprehension with a cochlear implant

Currently the only neuroprostheses that can successfully replace a sensory organ are cochlear implants: They can restore hearing in deaf patients. Cochlear…

Columbia engineers invent a noninvasive technique to correct vision

Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an increasing problem around the world. There are now twice as many people in the US and Europe with this condition as there…

Surgery involving ultrasound energy found to treat high blood pressure

An operation that targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to…

XXL computed tomography: a new dimension in X-ray analysis

Computed tomography with X-rays is nowadays playing an important role even outside of medicine. For example, for product development for industrial…

Why we need erasable MRI scans

Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a widely used medical tool for taking pictures of the insides of our body. One way to make MRI scans easier to read is…

Electrode shape improves neurostimulation for small targets

The shape, called “fractal,” would be particularly useful for stimulating smaller areas, such as deep brain structures or the retina, since it maximizes…

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