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When we put an idea on the back burner, it goes into a processing area of the brain called the default-mode network. This network enables us to hold the low-priority idea in abeyance until a time when we aren’t busy with something else.
“The default-mode network appears to be the brain’s back burner for [...]

Medical imaging is the technique that is used to generate images of human body or parts for clinical purposes or medical science.  Revolutionary advances in imaging technology provides a superior  method for imaging apoptosis.  A  team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the Washington University School of Medicine elucidates the method of [...]

Medical Care Technologies Inc. has announced the initial development of Tele-Health� Suite 6.17 technology with image capture for Autism. This technology will allow families and professionals to record behaviours and catalogue them within this Medsuite� for further analysis and treatment. Diagnosis relies on behavioural observation and screening. One of the most important child health issues [...]

Crystals resemble some biological structures; finding opens door to new technologies
X-rays can do a lot of useful things — detect broken bones, tumors and dental cavities, analyze atoms in diverse materials and screen luggage at airports — but who knew they could cause crystals to form?
A team of Northwestern University researchers has discovered that X-rays [...]

Electron cryotomography is an emerging technique that allows the structures of unique biological objects such as individual macromolecules, viruses, and even small whole cells to be reconstructed in their near-native states in three dimensions (3-D) to an approximate 5-nm resolution.  With the advanced technique of electron microscopy, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, [...]

Scientists at Northwestern University have been tinkering with nanodiamonds, tiny versions of the common variety that have a regular carbon structure, to discover interesting and practical properties of the material. After demonstrating the general biocompatibility of nanodiamonds, the researchers are now learning how to advance these particles into the clinical arena.
A new finding, just [...]

Current evidence suggests that using Doppler ultrasound in high-risk pregnancies to monitor a fetus’ health may reduce caesarean sections and the number of babies who die.
Doppler ultrasound is a noninvasive test that can be used to measure your blood flow and blood pressure by bouncing high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) off red blood cells. A regular [...]

GE Healthcare and The Michener Institute will unveil a new CT Imaging Centre of Excellence to train current professionals and students on advanced leading-edge imaging equipment. This CT Imaging Centre of Excellence will allow healthcare providers to increase their knowledge in using CT scanning to provide faster and more accurate diagnoses of disease in patients.
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior.  Autistic disorder, sometimes called autism or classical ASD, is the most severe form of ASD, while other conditions along the spectrum include a milder form known as Asperger syndrome, the [...]

A new study published in the January 6  online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, found a new type of brain scan, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, (DTI), appears to be better at detecting whether a person with memory loss might have brain changes of Alzheimer’s disease. 
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is [...]

Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have recommended that breast cancer screening should start by the age of 40 or earlier in high risk patients with the appropriate use of effective screening techniques like mammography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound.This has been put forward as a significant drop [...]

Obstetric ultrasonography has grown in popularity since it was introduced over four decades ago.An article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has found that the use of prenatal ultrasounds has increased by 55% in singleton pregnancies since 1996.The article highlights the fact that the usage is more pronounced in low risk pregnancies without any complications. [...]

A study that appears in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology suggests that image quality of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans, used for the noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease, can be significantly affected by patient characteristics such as ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and heart rate. MDCT scans have been implemented [...]

Women’s Digital Imaging of Ridgewood (WDI) in New Jersey has begun using Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA), to measure body fat in patients who want a more accurate method of establishing goals and measuring results for weight management and fitness programs. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is the latest, most accurate, and most expensive means of [...]

With the advent of new imaging technologies, scientists are exploring exactly how the HIV virus reproduces because they would like to find a way to abort the process. Now, just two years after a group at Rockefeller University was the first to witness the birth of a single HIV particle in real time, the same [...]