Speeding up CT scans with cellphone technology, ultrasound warning signal for breast cancer
... acquired data employs an iterative algorithm that handles both CT and SPECT data in turn. The new features of this hybrid system include, first on the SPECT side, a spatial resolution of 2.5 mm and an energy resolution of 6%. On the computed tomography (CT) side, with a dose as low as one-tenth that used ...Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes
... variations in appearances. Even a child's brain handles these contradictory tasks easily in rapid object recognition. Pixel-like information enters from the retina and passes in a fast feed-forward, bottom-up sweep through the hierarchical architecture of the visual cortex. What makes the Poggio lab's mod...St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
...an existing hospital ethics committee that already handles administrative procedures, such as recording minutes of meetings and producing follow-up reports. In order to promote the continuity of REC collaboration in El Salvador, the researchers exchange of information and offer ongoing mentoring of member...Common cold may be just a fingertip away due to environmental contamination
... in 15 individually occupied hotel rooms were door handles (seven out of 14 rooms) and pens (six out of 14 rooms), followed by light switches, TV remote controls and faucets (each six out of 15 rooms), and telephones (five out of 15 rooms). Remarkably, the investigators noted that only one out of 10 rooms h...Digital surgery with touch feedback could improve medical training
...ipulate computer-generated organs with actual tool handles used in minimally invasive surgery (MIS). MIS al...omputer-generated 3-D tissues and organs with tool handles used in actual surgery. Such a simulator could standardize the assessment of surgical skills and ave...Students' device may improve chest closure after heart surgery
...end of the tie is reinserted into the tool and the handles are squeezed, the device operates like a ratchet, tightening the clasp and bringing the pieces of the breastbone firmly together so that the healing process can begin. In a class called Biomedical Engineering Design Teams, the project was adopted l...Mood affects young and old differently, study finds
...e changing nature of the aging mind and the way it handles emotion and information, appears in the latest edition of the journal Psychology and Aging. Researchers from Georgia Tech's School of Psychology's Adult Development lab examined how younger and older adults who were induced into a positive or negativ...Boys face greater burns risk than girls, says new research
...en" concludes Anna Carlsson. "Making sure that pan handles don't overhang the cooker is just one of the simple safety tips that could prevent burns injuries to small children. "Particular attention also needs to be paid to children under three, as they are less aware of the dangers they face, and parents of...Dartmouth study finds how the brain interprets the intent of others
...low, have learned that the brain's parietal cortex handles how we understand the goals of other people's actions. Their study was published on January 25 by The Journal of Neuroscience. "We were able to find the part of the brain involved in interpreting the goal of another person, even if no words are spok...Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
...lves. They're on doorknobs, faucets, and appliance handles all around you, and maybe in your nose and lungs too. Some of the viruses are also wafting through the air you breathe, looking to land in your eyes or nose and set up house inside your body. And those are just the respiratory germs never mind Strep...Caution: New Medicare drug plan may cause headaches
...her than the Social Security Administration, which handles hospitalization and doctor's bills under current Medicare coverage, known as Parts A and B. This shift means that seniors must choose between drug plans with widely differing premiums, deductibles, co-payments and covered drugs. In Kansas, for examp...Shift in brain's language-control site offers rehab hope
...ir colleagues are also investigating how the brain handles language when it is damaged by a stroke or traumatic brain injury. In children, Dr. Szaflarski said, the brain seems able to reorganize and shift the work load to the uninjured side. In adults, this doesn't happen as easily. With a view to developin...Camera-guided colon surgery works best for most patients, study confirms
...on is made in the abdomen and the surgeon directly handles the organs. The studies compared outcomes up to three months following surgery. In these trials, patients underwent colon resections, in which the diseased portion of the colon was excised, much like cutting a section out of a rubber hose, and the t...