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Microsoft and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have agreed to offer free access to advanced cloud computing resourcesto individual researchers and research groups selected through NSF's merit review process.
After years of research regarding gadolinium-based contrast agents used during MRI being linked to the skin disease nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), the FDA has found the greatest risk in GE Healthcare’s Omniscan, Bayer HealthCare's Magnevist and Covidien’s Optimark.
A $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) major research instrumentation program will be used by Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis., and the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley in Menasha, Wis., to fund the purchase of a nuclear MR (NMR) spectrometer.
Wayne State University in Detroit has received nearly $18 million in research grants under the federal government’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 program.
The cognitive processes involved with honesty suggest that truthfulness depends more on absence of temptation than active resistance to temptation, according to a study to be published online this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have reportedly developed the first implantable device that can monitor a tumor for weeks or months after a biopsy, tracking its growth and how it responds to treatment.
Two Japanese scientists are collaborating with the University of Houston (UH) to help develop a brain-mapping device that could deliver more comprehensive and accurate insights into the mind, at a fraction of the cost of current technologies such as functional MRI (fMRI).
A prototype of a therapeutic ultrasound device, developed by a Cornell University graduate student, fits in the palm of a hand, is battery-powered and packs enough punch to stabilize a gunshot wound or deliver drugs to brain cancer patients.
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Acute adverse reactions from gadolinium-based contrast agents used during MRI to help improve the information seen on the images rarely occur, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Following the switch from gadodiamide to gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine, and the adoption of restrictive gadolinium-based contrast agent policies, no nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) cases were observed at two university health centers, according to a study in the October issue of Radiology.
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis have received more than $12 million in federal stimulus grants, which will be partly used for molecular imaging research.
Ducking a punch calls for the human brain to process 3D motion; thus, perceiving an object that is moving in three dimensions is critical to survival, according to findings published online in Nature Neuroscience earlier this month.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has entered a cooperative agreement with Michigan State University (MSU) to provide financial assistance to design and establish the university's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams.
Using rotational diffusion imaging, researchers can identify excess amounts of a naturally fluorescent molecule found in all living cells that could serve as a natural biomarker for cancer, according to a study published April 2 in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found a way to increase the sensitivity of solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (SSNMR), which has traditionally been a time-consuming method of imaging and analysis of the chemical makeup of proteins and other biomolecules, and requires large amounts of costly isotope-labeled sample, according to research published online Feb. 8 in Nature Methods.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.