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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High intracoronary attenuation improves accuracy of 64-slice CT-CA

For the study, 170 patients with suspected coronary artery disease underwent CT-CA. The average vascular attenuation measured in the aortic root and in…

CT better than plain radiographs in diagnosing lumbar spine fractures

The study consisted of 932 patients who underwent plain radiographs and abdomen and pelvis CT within three days of an injury. These patients were divided into…

CT colonoscopy has 90 percent agreement rate with optical colonoscopy

“We analyzed the findings of 363 CTC-detected lesions in 244 patients who subsequently underwent optical colonoscopy,” said Tyler Prout, MD, lead author of the…

New technology useful for soft-tissue imaging in interventional radiology procedures

For the study, 35 patient examinations were conducted, covering a diverse range of both vascular and non-vascular clinical application scenarios. The…

MIT team takes high-res, 3-D images of eye

The research will be presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference in Baltimore on May 10.The new imaging system is based on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), which uses light to obtain high-resolution, cross-sectional images of the eye to visualize subtle changes that occur in retinal disease. OCT was developed in the early 1990s by MIT Professor James Fujimoto, Eric Swanson at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and collaborators; Fujimoto is an author of the report to be presented in May….

A revolution in the monitoring of unborn babies

It is small and easy to use so that mother’s-to-be can keep a regular check on their baby’s heart beat without having to go into hospital and be attached to a…

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