11.7 Tesla: First images from the world's most powerful MRI scanner
Apr 3, 2024 · News • High-resolution brain imaging 11.7 Tesla: First images from the world's most powerful MRI scanner The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is revealing a series of in vivo human brain images acquired with the Iseult MRI machine and its unmatched 11.7 teslas magnetic field strength.
Shining a light on healthcare trends and innovations
Nov 11, 2024 · An important new development this year is the themed hall selections in the Medica Med Tech & Devices and Digital Health areas, known as “spheres”, with the accompanying German Hospital Conference held at a new location.
Mindray Unveils the Premium Ultrasound System Resona A20
Nov 19, 2024 · Mindray, one of the world's leading developers and providers of advanced medical imaging devices and solutions, launched Resona A20, a premium ultrasound system, at EUROSON 2024 in Naples, Italy.With its innovative high-end technology, Resona A20 offers a new level of precise image quality which will reshape the future of medical diagnostics.
MRI platform expands on patient comfort and sustainability
Dec 3, 2024 · Siemens Healthineers expands the 1.5 Tesla Magnetom Flow. Platform to include a model with a 70-centimeter bore 1 with the introduction of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner at RSNA 2024. The Magnetom Flow. Platform is planned to require almost no helium 2.Its image reconstruction capabilities supported by artificial intelligence (AI) can shorten acquisition times and improve image ...
CT or MRI – which is better for imaging stable cardiac chest pain?
Mar 4, 2022 · Initial assessment of patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) can be a bit of a head scratcher for radiologists. While MRI has proved its efficacy time and time again, new techniques and evidence suggest that CT is an equally viable, if not better tool to evaluate CAD right from the start of patient management, according to …
New score to predict epilepsy after CVT stroke
Oct 24, 2024 · CVT is a type of stroke that typically affects women between the ages of 20 and 50. The prediction model is now available worldwide free of charge and research it is based on is published in JAMA Neurology. "We hope that as many physicians as possible will use this score to better treat and educate CVT patients across the world," says lead researcher and neurologist at Amsterdam UMC, Jonathan ...
Large language models: enabler or eroder of cardiovascular care?
Nov 21, 2024 · Large language models (LLMs) have potential in healthcare settings to help support both patients and clinicians. At the ESC 2024 cardiology congress in London, experts explored potential applications, including patient communication and education, clinical decision support and administrative tasks.
Smart ring medical device for 24/7 blood pressure monitoring
Nov 14, 2022 · A smart-ring medical device is emerging as an effective and discreet wearable for round-the-clock blood pressure monitoring. Using photoplethysmography (PPG) signals to measure the bloodstream 24/7 through the wearer’s finger, a new feature of the “Cart-I plus” ring from manufacturer Sky Labs enables it to constantly monitor …
Preparing for AI in clinical laboratories
Mar 18, 2024 · Clinical laboratorians must prepare to help lead this initiative, for their knowledge will be the key to successful implementation. They need to learn how AI algorithms are developed and validated, how to justify and analyze impact from the perspective of clinical laboratory medicine, and how to implement them to best benefit the patient and the hospital.
New insights into hospital-acquired Klebsiella infections
Jul 24, 2024 · Their study, published in the journal Microbiome, reveals that the dangerous multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogen, Klebsiella, thrives under nutrient-deprived polymicrobial community conditions found in hospital environments.. According to the World Health Organization, HAIs pose significant risks to patients, often resulting in prolonged hospital stays, severe health complications, and a 10% ...