Scan in Biological Technology

Study on keeping nuclear bombs from US ports shows misplaced fear over cargo scanning cost

... that emphasizes screening (a rapid primary scan of all containers, followed by a more careful secondary scan of only a few containers that fail the primary ... The SFI protocol uses drive-through portals to scan every container as it enters a port terminal, and ...

Lumbar Matrix(TM) Scan From SpineMatrix(R) Revolutionizes the Diagnosis of Low Back Pain

... SpineMatrix's new, non-invasive Lumbar Matrix(TM) scan uses high-speed computer processing of thousands ... Medical Association. "The Lumbar Matrix scan was developed to help physicians more precisely ... and health plans." The Lumbar Matrix scan collects thousands of bioelectrical signals from ...

New Discoveries on a Fingertip Test for Screening Silent Heart Disease Promising Results of Recent Clinical Studies to be Presented during the 2009 American College of Cardiology Conference, March 29th - April 1st in Orlando

... advanced, structural imaging tests, such as CAT scan and MRI. "I acknowledge that it doesn't ... that those with coronary blockage and abnormal scan results often had low fingertip temperature ... non-invasive imaging techniques such as CAT scan and MRI. While traditional risk factors are good ...

SCAN Health Plan Offers Seniors Five Tips to Prepare for Surgery

... to Timothy Schwab, MD, chief medical officer at scan Health Plan, planning ahead will help ... know if you have any in-home recovery benefits. scan members, for example, have access to ... a huge difference." For more than 30 years, scan Health Plan has been focusing on the unique needs ...

Medicsight Receives Brazilian State Food and Drug Administration Approval for ColonCAD Software

... diverse proprietary databases of verified CT scan data, making the software applicable to patients ... highlighting suspicious areas on CT colonography scan images. The software may also help radiologists ... diverse databases of verified patient CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) and LungCAD(TM) ...

Medicsight Welcomes U.S. Initiative to Reimburse CT Colonography for Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer

... diverse databases of verified patient CT scan data. Medicexchange PLC provides medical ... must review for each patient examination. Some CT scan examinations generate as many as 1000 images per ... after completion of an initial review of the CT scan data, or a 'concurrent read' where CAD findings ...

New MRI technique could mean fewer breast biopsies in high-risk women

... "They don't get resolution in the other planes to make it a reasonable scan time. We found a way around that." With the team's powerful technique, ... ways to image both breasts simultaneously a development that could slash scan time and free valuable MRI space for additional patients. "If you have a ...

Imaging in Living Color with Siemens Molecular CT

... TrueV to ultra HD-PET, providing unmatched throughput, image quality and scan speeds. All of these features can be upgraded in the field. ... healthcare budgets are tight. The consolidation of equipment, staff and scan times can enable major cost savings, return on investment and excellence ...

Neurocrine Biosciences Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results

... density complete control) plus using DXA scan additional long-term 2. Dysmenorrhea safety ... assess the impact of elagolix on bone mineral density as measured by DXA scan at the conclusion of dosing and at 6-months and 12-months post-treatment ...

Stereotaxis Appoints Senior Vice President, North America

... Officer at DJ Orthopedics, formerly was President and CEO of Titan scan Technologies Corporation, and is a 10-year veteran at General Electric ... $375 million. Prior to joining DJO, Mr. Ruggiero spent four years at Titan scan Technologies Corporation as President and Chief Executive Officer. In that ...

Nikon Instruments Opens New Imaging Center at Northwestern University

... of microscopy equipment, beginning with the Nikon C1Si Confocal and Live scan Swept-filed Confocal microscopes. The Live scan Swept-field Confocal microscope allows users to rapidly capture images of ...

Medicsight Announces Chinese State Food and Drug Administration Approval for MedicRead Colon Workstation

... workload of radiologists by automatically highlighting suspicious areas on scan images, and may also help radiologists detect possibly malignant tumors at ... are validated against one of the world's largest databases of verified CT scan data collected from leading healthcare institutions from around the world. ...

UA optical scientists add new, practical dimension to holography

... of an object or scene from many two-dimensional perspectives as they scan their object, and the holographic display assembles the two-dimensional ... used in medicine, for example, in MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) or CAT scan (Computerized Axial Tomography) techniques," Tay said. "However, the huge ...

Siemens Expands the SOMATOM Definition(TM) Line With World's First Adaptive CT Scanner

... flexibility and the optional use of beta blockers. It is now possible to scan patients with arrhythmic heart rates (irregular heart rates), or those ... offers several CT Clinical Engines, enabling a streamlined workflow from scan to diagnosis. These Clinical Engines offer a unique combination of the ...

Asia Debut for Money-Saving Pharma-Packaging Machines from Ireland

... of the entire blister web. Blister packs are scanned by a beam of light both before and after a vacuum is applied. The difference between these scan readings is used to calculate the size of the hole in the blister pack. It identifies the precise pocket which leaks - ideal for testing alongside ...

Mexico Premiere for Money-Saving Pharma Leak Testing Equipment

... locate leaks as small as 7 microns. Blister packs are scanned by a beam of light both before after a vacuum is applied. The difference between these scan readings is used to calculate the size of the hole in the blister pack. It is a non-destructive, clean, dry process so any packs that pass the test ...

Pixantrone Significantly Increases Complete Remissions, Overall Response Rates, Frequency of Durable Remissions and Progression Free Survival in Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Aggressive Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

... of 115 mg/m2 to 1003mg/m2). Data from repeated evaluations of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction ("LVEF") by MUGA (Multi Gated Acquisition Scan) scan demonstrated no consistent dose related decline as has been described for doxorubicin with median LVEF values at a baseline of 58% and at the end of ...

SpectraScience Secures Distribution for WavSTAT(R) Cancer Diagnosis System in Germany & Austria

... is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provides the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Mark for the European Union, the ...

Pharmaceutical Packaging Equipment Manufacturer Boosts European Distribution

... locate leaks as small as 7 microns. Blister packs are scanned by a beam of light both before after a vacuum is applied. The difference between these scan readings is used to calculate the size of the hole in the blister pack. It is a non-destructive, clean, dry process so any packs that pass the test ...

SpectraScience CEO Jim Hitchin Featured in Interview With The Wall Street Transcript

... is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provide the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Mark for the European Union, the ...

Transforming medical diagnosis with new scanning technology

... on manipulating parahydrogen, the fuel of the space shuttle, is expected to allow doctors to learn far more about a patient's condition from an MRI scan at lower cost while increasing the range of medical conditions that can be examined. The research is published in the latest edition of the ...

Medicsight Unveils New Version of ColonCAD(TM) at ECR 2009

... disease. Medicsight's CAD software has been validated using one of the world's largest and most population diverse databases of verified patient CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) and LungCAD(TM) software products are seamlessly integrated with the advanced 3D visualization workstations of ...

VAP Cholesterol Test Helps In Search For New Heart Disease Drugs

... designed to identify genetic factors in response to short-term interventions related to cardiovascular risk. The GWAS allowed researchers to rapidly scan 500,000 markers in the DNA of the participants to find variations that are associated with triglyceride levels in the blood. HAPI study ...

GEN Reports on Growing Reliance on Microfluidics Technology

... sample next flows down a capillary path and interacts with an antibody array. The interactions are detected in the company's Triage(R) Meters that scan the array device with a laser diode. Other companies covered in the GEN article include ChipShop, Genefluidics, Paraytec, CellASIC, and ...

New and Updated Online Tutorials for PROSITE, InterPro, IntAct and UniProt

... *how to access information on domains, functional sites and protein families in PROSITE *to perform a quick and an advanced protein sequence scan *to find patterns in protein sequences using PRATT *to use MyDomains to create custom domain graphics InterPro *to use both the basic and ...

Cardinal Health Launches Pyxis(R) MedStation(R) 4000; Introduces Industry-First Service to Interpret Dispensing and Infusion Data

... reduce medication errors. Key new features include: -- Enhanced barcode scanning technology - Provides the option to require clinicians to scan medications upon removal to help ensure they've retrieved the right medication for the right patient and alert them to incorrect dosage or other ...

American HealthChoice Announces the First Sales of the OmniBody Scan

... we will be successful in negotiating exclusive distribution agreements in other states, Canada, Mexico and elsewhere." The OmniBody scan is a non-invasive tool with no harmful side effects. It is manufactured exclusively for American HealthChoice by a respected infrared imaging ...

3SBio Inc. Files for SFDA Approval of NuLeusin

... each week. The maximum number of treatment cycles patients could receive was three. The clinical endpoint was assessed using computerized tomography scan image of tumor response. The results of Phase III study demonstrated NuLeusin to be an effective treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma with ...

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Collaborators Present Positive Phase I/II Combination REOLYSIN(R) and Paclitaxel/Carboplatin Results at iSBTc Annual Meeting

... Squamous cell 3x10(9) 8 Clinical CR, SD per CT carcinoma (SCC) scan head & neck ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peritoneal 3x10(9) 3 PD ...

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant From EMD Serono to Research Projects on Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson's Disease

... B (PIB), an imaging agent developed by Alzheimer's researchers to visualize amyloid protein accumulation in the living brain, Dr. Growdon's team will scan the PD patients' brains. The researchers will then follow this cohort of patients over a two-year period to determine the extent of cognitive changes ...

Core Laboratories Joint Venture Agreement Between genae associates, VIBGYOR Scientific Research, Cardiovascular Center Aalst and J.B. Dahm

... angiography (QCA, QVA), computed tomography (CT) angiography, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and IVUS related techniques, multiple gated acquisition scan (MUGA), optical coherence tomography (OCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), multi slice computer tomography (MSCT), electrocardiogram (ECG) and ...

SpectraScience Awarded Patent for Its Optical Biopsy System and Methods for Tissue Diagnosis

... is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provide the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Mark for the European Union, the ...

University of Southern California Receives Cancer Diagnosis System for Detecting Esophageal Dysplasia

... is normal, pre-cancerous or cancerous without physically removing tissue from the body. The WavSTAT Optical Biopsy System uses light to optically scan tissue and provide the physician with an immediate analysis. With FDA approval for sale in the U.S. and the CE Mark for the European Union, the ...

Truman Medical Centers Becomes One of the First Hospitals in the U.S. To Install the World's First Adaptive 128-slice CT Scanner

... these advances include the Adaptive Dose Shielding technology which eliminates unnecessary radiation exposure to the patient through the pre and post scan range. This means that the only radiation dose the patient is exposed to will be for clinically relevant imaging. "TMC patients can be assured that ...

MGT Capital Investments Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Provides Update on Recent Developments

... detection (CAD) software has been validated using one of the world's largest and most population diverse databases of verified patient CT scan data. Medicsight's ColonCAD(TM) and LungCAD(TM) software products are seamlessly integrated with the advanced 3D visualisation workstations of ...

deCODE genetics Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

... to have a significant inherited component, these are the first validated and replicated genetic variants ever linked to BMD through a genome-wide scan of SNPs. Although these variants confer an increase in risk that is in the range of 5-15% compared to non-carriers of the variants, they are all ...

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. Announces 2008 Second Quarter Results

... third patient treated in the study was demonstrated to have stable disease by RECIST criteria for more than six months as measured by CT scan. A PET scan taken at the same time showed that any residual mass was metabolically inert. Clinical Trials - Actively Enrolling During the second quarter of ...

Zounds Hearing Develops and Releases Power BTE Hearing Aid

... Power BTE) -- Patented noise cancellation technology eliminates up to 90 percent of background noise -- Directional microphones continually scan the user environment to generate exceptional voice clarity in even noisy environments -- Custom programming of 16 frequency bands, up to 8000 ...

Detecting dangerous chemicals with lasers, exploring the brain's circuitry with light and more

... brighter than thermal sources thus providing a higher signal-to-noise ratio. The lasers can also be fine-tuned to provide wavelengths on demand to scan accurately for chemicals of interestakin to having thousands of canaries, each capable of detecting a range of chemicals. (Talk CMH1, "Continuously ...

Families Embrace Science/Technology-based Ancestry Tracing Marking Milestone in Black Family Reunion Celebrations Across the Nation

... your family research in a way that makes the most sense for you. Family Tree projects are a good example.     Extra! Extra! scan historic newspapers and other archives to learn about the happenings during a given timeframe. You can infer a lot about past events that have ...