Los Alamos scientist recognised with SPIE award
28 June 2017
Ken Hanson, a medical imaging research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), has received the SPIE Directors’ Award in recognition of his contribution to SPIE medical imaging
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Deep learning assists technicians analyse medical images
25 April 2017
A trial using deep learning algorithms has shown that artificial intelligence has the potential to assist technicians and detect human errors in medical image handling
Eye scans more accessible with phone retinal camera
24 April 2017
A smartphone camera adapter for retinal imaging that will make it easier to carry out eye examinations has been launched
New £32m Imaging Centre of Excellence opened in Glasgow
29 March 2017
The University of Glasgow has opened a £32 million Imaging Centre of Excellence (ICE), a medical research facility that will bring together world-leading research, cutting-edge technology and international business investment
Augmented reality visor to assist doctors during surgery
8 March 2017
European scientists are developing an augmented reality surgical visor capable of superimposing a patient’s x-ray images and other medical information in perfect 3D unison with their anatomy
Internal imaging
16 February 2016
Miniature image sensors and LED chips in endoscopes are enabling doctors to look further inside the body to diagnose medical conditions, and cameras are now even placed inside pills that the patient swallows. Beth Harlen investigates
Eyes on diagnosis
16 February 2015
Jessica Rowbury takes a look at how imaging technologies are being used to test, diagnose and study disease
Clinicians look to improved imaging techniques for higher success in tumour removal
1 August 2014
Carlos Lee, director general of the European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC), reports from a recent biophotonics workshop looking at imaging to aid surgical removal of tumours
All in vein
6 March 2014
Securing an intravenous line in a patient can be a painful procedure if the nurse is unable to find a vein. Now, imaging devices are becoming available that use infrared light to make veins easier to locate, as Jessica Rowbury discovers
Holographic imaging guides cardiac doctors in minimally invasive procedures
31 October 2013
Cardiac doctors have trialled a 3D holographic imaging system as an aid in minimally invasive heart procedures. Jessica Rowbury speaks to Dr Elchanan Bruckheimer, a paediatric cardiologist who presented the results of the trial at a recent cardiovascular symposium
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Abigail Williams speaks to scientists tracking marine plastic using satellite spectral imagery
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Greg Blackman examines the importance of Tower foundries to machine vision sensor firms, following Intel’s acquisition
