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Researchers associate neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with left-sided stroke

Researchers at Kessler Foundation and Rutgers University correlated neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with subacute left hemispheric stroke. Their findings add to our knowledge of the neural mechanisms of reading and may be useful in the development of reading interventions that address specific neurological deficits.

19 Oct 2015

Premature babies face increased risk of mental illness due to weakened connections in brain networks

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, new research shows.

19 Oct 2015

Discovery may provide noninvasive approach to assessing toxic effects of anesthetic agents in children

Could looking at the eyes provide a new way of studying how anesthesia affects the developing brain? The retinas of immature mice exposed to one widely used general anesthetic show evidence of "programmed cell death," or apoptosis, reports a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

19 Oct 2015

Lightpoint Medical's LightPath Imaging System now CE marked

Lightpoint Medical, an innovative medical device company specializing in imaging technologies, announced today that the LightPath Imaging System is now CE marked, enabling the launch of the device in Europe.

19 Oct 2015

New 3D imaging technology lets researchers look at earliest signs of heart disease

Researchers have shown that people with high blood pressure develop changes in their hearts even before symptoms appear.

19 Oct 2015

Nanodiamonds may improve outcomes for patients undergoing root canals

People undergoing root canals may have gained a powerful, if tiny, new ally. Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry have found that using nanodiamonds to fortify a material used in the procedure could significantly improve outcomes for patients.

19 Oct 2015

New research shows nicotine increases codeine-induced analgesia

According to new research in rat models, nicotine use over time increases the speed that codeine is converted into morphine within the brain, by increasing the amount of a specific enzyme. It appears smokers' brains are being primed for a bigger buzz from this common pain killer - which could put them at a higher risk for addiction, and possibly even overdose.

19 Oct 2015

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

After more than a decade of research and development, researchers in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine will begin enrolling patients in the first clinical trial of GammaPod, a new high-precision, image-guided radiation therapy system specifically designed to treat early-stage breast cancer.

19 Oct 2015

ViewRay obtains Korean regulatory approval for MRI-guided radiation therapy system

ViewRay, Inc. announced today that the company has received regulatory approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) – formerly known as the Korean Food and Drug Administration – to sell its ViewRay system in Korea. On October 13, 2015, the first patient treatments commenced less than four weeks after the system completed installation at Seoul National University Hospital, a leading healthcare facility in Korea.

18 Oct 2015

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

Bolton Medical, a subsidiary of the WerfenLife Company, announced the first commercial implant of the TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System by Professor Giovanni Torsello, MD, Director of the Center for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at St. Franciscus Hospital Muenster in Munster, Germany.

16 Oct 2015

Glutamate imaging may guide surgery in ‘nonlesional’ epilepsy

Glutamate imaging may be capable of identifying the focus of epileptic seizures in patients who appear to have nonlesional epilepsy on standard imaging techniques, researchers report in Science Translational Medicine.

16 Oct 2015

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

16 Oct 2015

Two-Level IDE approval granted to Simplify Medical’s cervical artificial disc

Simplify Medical, Inc. is pioneering disc arthroplasty with the non-metal, MRI compatible Simplify™ Disc, a cervical artificial disc.

16 Oct 2015

Researchers create high resolution images of telomerase that plays major role in cancer, aging

An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspects of the enzyme's structure could not be clearly seen.

16 Oct 2015

BAM Project authors propose creation of national network of neurotechnology centers

The authors of the original proposal for the Brain Activity Map (BAM) Project, which inspired the White House's BRAIN Initiative, issued today a position statement in Neuron proposing the creation of a national network of neurotechnology centers.

16 Oct 2015

GATE opens for generic equivalent to glatiramer acetate in MS

Findings from the GATE study have shown equivalent efficacy and tolerability for a generic version of glatiramer acetate to that of the original brand version in the treatment of relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis.

15 Oct 2015

Nanovis announces availability of new FortiCore interbody fusion devices

Nanovis, a life sciences company committed to developing scientifically advanced regenerative platforms for implantable medical devices, today announced the availability of the FortiCore wedge shaped lordotic cervical cage and a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) device with increased scaffolding.

15 Oct 2015

New ATA guidelines for managing adult patients with thyroid nodules and DTC published in Thyroid journal

New, evidence-based recommendations from the American Thyroid Association will help guide clinicians in managing patients with thyroid nodules, a common disorder that requires evaluation to distinguish benign nodules from malignancy, interpret biopsy results and molecular marker studies, and initiate risk assessment and cancer screening.

15 Oct 2015

Discovery may pave way for addressing different forms of child abuse

Emotional abuse may be as harmful as physical abuse and neglect. This finding led by a team of researchers at McGill University complements previous imaging research showing that emotional and physical pain both activate the same parts of the brain.

15 Oct 2015

New method uses advanced noninvasive neuroimaging to localize and identify epileptic lesions

Epilepsy affects more than 65 million people worldwide. One-third of these patients have seizures that are not controlled by medications. In addition, one-third have brain lesions, the hallmark of the disease, which cannot be located by conventional imaging methods.

15 Oct 2015

Imaging News and Research

Researchers associate neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with left-sided stroke

Premature babies face increased risk of mental illness due to weakened connections in brain networks

Discovery may provide noninvasive approach to assessing toxic effects of anesthetic agents in children

Lightpoint Medical's LightPath Imaging System now CE marked

New 3D imaging technology lets researchers look at earliest signs of heart disease

Nanodiamonds may improve outcomes for patients undergoing root canals

New research shows nicotine increases codeine-induced analgesia

University of Maryland develops GammaPod system to treat early-stage breast cancer

ViewRay obtains Korean regulatory approval for MRI-guided radiation therapy system

Bolton Medical reports first commercial implant of TREO Abdominal Stent-Graft System

Glutamate imaging may guide surgery in ‘nonlesional’ epilepsy

UM SOM researchers to initiate first clinical trial of GammaPod system in patients with early-stage breast cancer

Two-Level IDE approval granted to Simplify Medical’s cervical artificial disc

Researchers create high resolution images of telomerase that plays major role in cancer, aging

BAM Project authors propose creation of national network of neurotechnology centers

GATE opens for generic equivalent to glatiramer acetate in MS

Nanovis announces availability of new FortiCore interbody fusion devices

New ATA guidelines for managing adult patients with thyroid nodules and DTC published in Thyroid journal

Discovery may pave way for addressing different forms of child abuse

New method uses advanced noninvasive neuroimaging to localize and identify epileptic lesions

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