Apple says it's not to blame for a spate of iPhones apparently catching fire. The Shanghai Consumer Council, a watchdog group in China, reported last week that eight iPhone 6 devices had spontaneously combusted. Apple's response is that ...
A new type of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be an alternative to standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for assessing cancer in children and young adults, but without exposure to ...
Tags: MRI, radiation, tumour visibility
A pair of common tests might help colorectal cancer patients who have undergone surgery remain cancer-free, British researchers say. Both a standard CT scan and a blood test known as CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) improved doctors' ...
Certain types of fractures may indicate lower bone strength in children, a new study suggests. For the study, published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, researchers compared bone strength in 115 boys and girls, ...
Cancer death rates continue to decline in the United States, mainly because anti-smoking efforts have caused a drop in lung cancer deaths, researchers report. From 2001 through 2010, death rates for all cancers combined decreased by 1.8 ...
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Smokers who have a CT scan to check for lung cancer stand a nearly one-in-five chance that doctors will find and potentially treat a tumor that would not have caused illness or death, researchers report. Despite the finding, major medical ...
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The Center for Tomography Research Laboratory (CTECH Labs) introduced the latest technology in brain scanning at the 6th International IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference on Neural Engineering at the Sheraton Hotel, ...
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Rapid-prototyping expertise is a new multi penalizing incorporated built-up technology. The product design is finished up with the help of computer-aided and product modeling sketches. The present market situation is very demanding and, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to EOS imaging's new sterEOS 3D imaging software. The sterEOS 1.5 software, which is part of the company's full body, low-dose 3 D EOS imaging system, features new ...
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Virtual colonoscopy is more effective than traditional X-ray tests for barium enema and should be looked at as a treatment for patients with possible bowel cancer. Despite these findings, researchers funded by the National Institute for ...
Tags: CT Scans, Best Alternative, Colonoscopy
Australia-based orthopaedic implant designer and manufacturer Global Orthopaedic Technology said that London’s Charing Cross Hospital has successfully employed its new GRU knee replacement. The hospital has performed two surgical ...
Tags: GRU, knee replacemen, hi-technology surgery
Verizon wants to use its nationwide LTE wireless network to stream the 2014 Super Bowl live, CEO Lowell McAdam told a keynote audience at International CES late on Tuesday. "Using LTE...we'd love to broadcast the Super Bowl in the 2014 ...
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Last time you had a CT scan did your doctor tell you that it would expose you to radiation? Probably not, according to a study out this week. And even if you were told, you might underestimate the radiation dose, too. Researchers from the ...
Tags: patients, radiation risks, CT scans, radiation dose
Radiation exposure from a CT scan is about 350 times higher than from an ordinary chest X-ray. Yet some hospitals, including several large, well-known ones, continue to order too many of them, exposing patients to needless risk and expense, ...
Tags: CT scan, chest X ray, hospital Ratings, healthcare
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has selected EOS imaging's low-dose 2D/3D imaging system for use in its orthopedic clinics. The EOS imaging system, which delivers less radiation dose than basic CT scans, provides full-body 2D and ...
Tags: medical application, imaging system, medical technology