Study Says Machine Sensors Applicable To Human Ills
...nd conditioned-based maintenance of machines canbe applied to humans." The same sensors and signal processors, automated reasoning systems anddata fusion methods used to create smart weapons and super sensitive surveillancesystems, can be used to combat disease, the two researchers say. Hall predicts tha...A Surgical Semiconductor Laser With More Precision And Power
...arger than a fist. The technology may also be applied in the area of information storage; for instance, the new laser's more precisefocus might permit the storage of more data on CD-ROMs. Semiconductor lasers are also used in telecommunications and incommunications between satellites. The work, fun...3D Ultrasound Gives Better View Of Brain's Arteries
...n the diagnostic goldstandard, ultrasound is being applied in ways that were only dreams a few yearsago. Why are these dreams coming true today? As Delcker explained in aninterview, new computer workstations are allowing 2D ultrasound data sets to beelectronically reconstructed as 3D images. ...Ultrasound Helps Pediatric Heart Surgeons After Open Heart Surgery
...e transcranial Doppler requires a small-size probe applied around thetemple area, while an echocardiogram is invasive and requires the presence of acardiologist to interpret the echocardiogram during surgery. The echocardiogram has additional risks not present with a non-invasivemethod like the tran...New Test May Improve Treatment Of Kidney Disease
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...sed the brain to reorganize. When the researchers applied TMS to the plasticcortex, or the part of the brain...lasticity was enhanced. However, when researchers applied TMS to thenon-plastic cortex on the other side of the brain, the brain?s responsiveness inthe plasti...Researchers Study 'Natural' Screen For Cancer
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