Scanners 'improve brain surgery'
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Specially-adapted scanners can be used to help physicians during brain surgery, a study shows.
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Device can improve the image quality of standard and high-definition images.
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Using computerized scans to screen for lung cancer can help save lives and should be part of a regular checkup for people who have a high risk for the disease, a new study says.
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Researchers have come up with a potentially new way to diagnose -- and treat -- the progressive brain disorder
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.
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New tests involving blood and brain scans can detect symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, and brief appraisals of real-life functioning can predict who is likely to develop it, researchers saidSunday.
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Scientists say they have found the brain regions that help us to decide whether to look someone in the eye or look away.
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Stimulating the brain with implanted electrodes appears to help ease the pain of cluster headaches, two separate teams of researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.
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Elderly patients who show signs of Alzheimer&#39;s will be able to get brain scans under the government&#39;s Medicare program, US officials said on Thursday, a step which could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.
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Using computers to read mammograms can significantly speed up the detection of breast cancer, according to UK research.
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An Israeli company is working on a new device to monitor oxygen levels in the brain.
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A mannequin skull sits in an MRI machine, about to be filled with a thick, brain-like gel. MRIs are required tests for numerous disorders.
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3D scans of faces are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions, scientists say.
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Â· Breakthrough could be used in remote surgeryÂ· Virtual reality games may also be improved
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BOSTON -- Full-body computed tomography, or CT, scans have become an increasingly popular way to peek inside the body for hidden disease.
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Forget about temperature taking and blood pressure checking. In the bright, near future, the first step for people seeking medical care may be to have their bicep read by an electronic scanner seeking data stored on an implanted chip.