Fixing of the lumbar column aided by simple radiological techniques
...e and size of the vertebrae, enable us to know the width and length of the screws that we have to use and i...side of the vertebra, we have observed that 5.5 mm width screws appear as measuring up to 8 mm on the scanner. That is to say, our method has detected that t...Dental x-rays could be first step in osteoporosis screening
...anoramic dental x-rays, and the cortical shape and width of the jaw were estimated on the x-rays. "Women w...uld also look at the mandibular cortical shape and width and refer the appropriate women for further BMD testing," he said.......aser was within 200 microns about three times the width of a human hair of the most desirable spot. Better tracking devices in recent years have helped physicians position the beam precisely, MacRae says, reducing in patients the amount of coma, whose effect on vision can rival that of a bad case of asti...Northwestern University receives $7.5 million for regenerative medicine
...anometer is roughly 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.) Equally important is developing a practical technology to deliver chemically these scaffolds to the appropriate location in a patient. In earlier work, Stupp has already demonstrated the promise of using molecular self-assembly as a...Laser surgery offers advantages for voice disorders
...oat is sprayed with numbing medication, a tube the width of a drinking straw goes down the nose and into the throat or voice box. Surgeons place the laser fiber through this flexible scope. The laser fires at and destroys abnormal tissue while ignoring healthy tissue. "You numb the larynx, the patient cou...Elastic nails help children with broken legs recover faster than traction and body casting
...roximately 15 to 20 inches in length and about the width of a radio antenna. Often two nails are necessary for treatment of a fracture. Surgeons remove the nails after the fracture heals, typically six to nine months after surgery. Since 1996, surgeons in the U.S. have implemented the use of elastic nails ...LSUHSC microsurgeon performs 1st ever eyelid reattachment
...--11-O--to reconnect thevessels that are about the width of 3-4 human hairs, and even that was nearly as large as the opening of the vessels. "This was one of the most challenging and rewarding cases that I have had," said Khoobehi. "I was able to help my patient against all odds, and I knew well that if...Could this be the end for injections?
...iameter and between 1/20mm and 1/5mm in depth. The width of the microconduits is defined by the size of holes punched in a mask made from polyimide film, which is placed over the skin. The researchers, from the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, tested the technique by seeing whether t...Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch
...delivery system. Dendrimers are tiny spheres whose width is ten thousand times smaller than the thickness of a human hair, explains physics doctoral student Almut Mecke. "These spheres have all sorts of loose ends where you can attach things---for example, a targeting agent that can recognize a cancer cell...Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals in cell phones, televisions
... tiny antennas thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. At least that's the speculation of a University of Southern California researcher who has been investigating nanotube transistors. The USC scientist, Bart Kosko, Ph.D., a professor in the school's Electrical Engineering Department, l...Myosin molecule walks like a person, experiment shows
...of a meter, or about 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair). This localization represents a 20-fold improvement over other techniques that use fluorescent dyes. The researchers also found a way to extend the lifetime of the dye from a few seconds to several minutes. Then they teamed up with...Brain tumor therapy needs longer treatment time
...ticles travel 5 to 10 microns -- approximately the width of a cell -- before coming to rest, destroying the diseased tissues in their wake. Although BNCT has been moderately successful at treating tumors in clinical trials, the invading cell clusters have proved resistant to treatment, taking up less BPA ...Scientists image material that could improve MRI technologies
...ch core measures only three nanometers across (the width of about 10 atoms strung together). Extremely high resolution made possible by a large magnetic field was required to look inside the vortex core. Halperins team took advantage of the recently commissioned hybrid magnet in the Tallahassee Laborator...Too much soy could lead to kidney stones
...n size from the diameter of a grain of rice to the width of a golf ball. An estimated 10 percent of the U.S. population, mostly men, will develop a kidney stone at some point in their lives, according to the NIH....Researchers closer to delivering new insulin pill for diabetics
... a meter in diameter, or roughly one-hundredth the width of a human hair. The particles protect medicines from the harsh environment of the stomach until they can be released in the intestines and absorbed into the blood. In the most recent lab experiments, and in animal research, when the particles enter...Researchers take steps to growing replacement blood vessels
...eters across -- less than the width of a human hair. Normal viewing instruments would have torn the delicate surface of the gel, he said. They developed a method Moldovan characterizes as fast and inexpensive. After they ...Northwestern chemist develops nanoplotter with parallel writing capabilities
...e substrate (the writing surface) changes the line width and quality of each patterned structure. Therefore...only the water at the AFM tip spreads out, but the width of the nanocapillary, through which the ink flows, remains constant. This discovery means that onl...New, less invasive repair of major artery defect
... by normal body temperature,quickly expands to the width of a normal aorta. Positioned inside theballooned-out aneurysm, the graft is anchored to healthy aorta above and belowit. "You must have normal aorta above and below the aneurysm to anchor thedevice so that the blood flows through the stente...Margin Width The Key To Control Of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Of The Breast
...specimen - is 10 millimeters or more. "Wide margin width makes complete excision more likely," says Silvers...dy, tumors were dividedinto three groups by margin width (determined by direct management or ocularmicrometry): close or involved (less than 1 mm); intermedi...Inhibiting Growth Of New Blood Vessels Reduces Heart Disease Plaque In Mice
...ater than 250 micronsthick, roughly four times the width of a human hair, contained blood vessels. Less than 3 percent of plaque deposits between 100 and 250 microns had vesselsin them. "In our studies, the animals did not develop any significant adverseside effects. They gained weight, and I did...