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1951

Advanced imaging technology measures magnetite levels in the living brain

Investigators at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have used magnetoencephalography (MEG) – a technology that measures brain activity by detecting the weak magnetic fields produced by the brain’s normal electrical currents – to measure levels of the iron-based mineral called magnetite in the human brain. While magnetite is known […]

1952

2019 World Hospital Congress: Call for abstracts closes on 15 February

Abstract submissions for paper presentations and posters for the 43rd World Hospital Congress of the International Hospital Federation will be closing on 15 February. Hospitals and health service providers interested in showcasing their innovations, best practices and outstanding programs to the international community are encouraged to submit their abstracts now.   The World Hospital Congress is […]

1953

KIMES 2018 : the Korean trade show previews the future of medical devices and technology

The 34th Korea International Medical and Hospital Equipment show held in Seoul last March gathered 1,313 exhibiting companies from 34 countries, including 649 domestic Korean manufacturers over 40,122 sq m of exhibition space. The 4-day  event attracted over 73,000 visitors from 92 countries. About 30,000 items of medical equipment, including high tech devices, medical information […]

1954

Video game improves doctors’ recognition and triage of severe trauma patients

Playing an adventure video game featuring a fictitious, young emergency physician treating severe trauma patients was better than text-based learning at priming real doctors to quickly recognize the patients who needed higher levels of care, according to a new trial led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.The results held even though doctors assigned […]

1955

Hologic opens state-of-the-art learning and experience centre at the heart of Europe

Hologic, Inc. opened on March 21, 2019 its first Learning and Experience Centre in Zaventem, Belgium (a municipality neighboring Brussels). The state-of-the-art facility provides comprehensive training for customers, healthcare professionals and employees across Hologic’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, centralizing the education experience for Hologic’s technologies. Radiologists, lab technicians, obstetrician-gynecologists and many other […]

1956

CARS 2019 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Founded in 1983, CARS has played a leading role in medical and imaging informatics for more than 30 years by focusing on research and development on novel algorithms and systems and their applications in radiology and surgery. Recent successful CARS congresses have taken place in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco, London, Chicago, Osaka, Geneva, […]

1957

Study finds greater public awareness still needed about dementia

Common beliefs and misconceptions in the community about dementia are still proving obstacles to treatment despite a rise in public awareness campaigns, Researchers from Flinders University in South Australia pooled the results of 32 dementia surveys from around the world published between 2012 and 2017 and found that public awareness of the causes of dementia […]

1958

Researchers combine technologies to develop new digital stethoscope design

Researchers developed a new digital stethoscope that combines precision sensors, electrocardiogram technology and machine learning applications into one piece of equipment to better detect heart ailments and problems that might occur with an implanted heart pump. Jason Kolodziej and Steven Day, engineering professors at Rochester Institute of Technology, worked with Dr. Karl Schwarz, cardiologist and […]

1959

New treatments, screening methods dramatically reduce breast cancer deaths

In the last few decades, dozens of new breast cancer drugs — from chemotherapies to targeted compounds — have become available for clinical use, and mammogram technology has gone from film to digital. But are the changes making a difference in how many women die of breast cancer? The answer to that question is a […]

1960

New nanoparticles help to detect serious scarring of wounds

A new way of seeing when heavy wound scars are forming, and providing doctors the chance to intervene, has been developed by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Northwestern University in the United States. Clinicians currently find it difficult to predict how scars will develop following surgery or after a burn wound, […]