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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PTB unites magnetic resonance and radar technology in one prototype

Don't move a muscle! Patients certainly have to take this request to heart if they have to lie in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device – otherwise…

World-first to predict premature births

Australian researchers and a pathology company have joined forces to develop a world-first computerised system which may reveal a way to predict premature…

3T MRI leads to better diagnosis for focal epilepsy

“Patients with focal epilepsy have recurrent seizures that result from a specific area of their brain, usually due to a structural brain abnormality,” said…

Tiny 3-D ultrasound probe guides catheter procedures

Duke University biomedical engineers designed and fabricated the novel ultrasound probe which is powerful enough to provide detailed, 3-D images. The new…

Continuous monitoring of the X-ray tube assembly

Siemens Healthcare now offers “TubeGuard” for all computed tomography (CT) scanners of its Somatom Definition product family. TubeGuard is an additional option…

More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents

An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms.At any time, their main chest artery could…

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