Current imaging technologies like MRI, CT scans and ultrasound provide valuable views inside the body, but each has drawbacks. MRIs require patients to remain still …
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New Stanford study takes steps toward integrating brain imaging into psychiatric care
Leanne Williams, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford, envisions a time when a clinician can order a brain scan to help with …
New label will allow physicians to pinpoint location of bacterial infections
Doctors desperately need new tools to combat bacterial infections — battling bacteria that have developed resistance to existing antibiotics is particularly problematic. Part of the …
Artificial intelligence can help predict who will develop dementia, a new study finds
If you could find out that you were likely to develop Alzheimer’s, would you want to know? Researchers from McGill University argue that patients and …
Brain scans shown to predict how well PTSD patients respond to therapy
Using neuroscience to help determine the best treatment plans for patients with psychiatric conditions -- everything from depression to anxiety to bipolar disorder -- is …
“Window into the brain” helps surgeons, patients and trainees
A new virtual reality system at Stanford provides an unprecedented peek inside the brain. The immersive technology can help patients understand their conditions, surgeons plan …
CTs predict survival by measuring frailty following hip fractures, study shows
When elderly people fall, a hip fracture is a common and serious result. It is typically treated with surgery, but physicians need a better way …
Opioid receptors in brain affect reaction to another person’s pain
Watching someone else suffering from pain is distressing. What mechanisms cause that distress? And why do some of us experience it more strongly than others? A …
AI for imaging: Experts delve into its promise
Will artificial intelligence (AI) replace radiologists? During a session on AI and imaging yesterday at the Big Data in Biomedicine conference, panelists preempted this question (which …
Do MRI scans damage your genes?
MRI is a powerful, non-invasive diagnostic tool widely used to investigate anatomical structures and functions in the body. Though generally considered to be safe, several studies …
New imaging tool gives 3-D view of patients’ anatomy
A new computer program is helping surgeons view their patients' medical scans in three dimensions, enabling better planning for surgeries on people with unusual anatomy. The program …
Stanford researchers map brain circuitry affected by Parkinson’s disease
In the brain, neurons never work alone. Instead, critical functions of the nervous system are orchestrated by interconnected networks of neurons distributed across the brain …
An inside look at immune cells might eventually shorten wait times for cancer patients
Anyone who has had an encounter with cancer knows about waiting. You have to wait for test results, wait for appointments and wait to see …
Motor control problems may be core issue for people with autism
If you’ve ever had an MRI scan, you know that it can be hard to lie still in the noisy, claustrophobic scanner. People often move …
Some glioblastoma patients helped by out-of-favor treatment, say Stanford researchers
Glioblastoma multiforme is a deadly brain tumor with few good treatment options. Until recently, physicians had hoped that tackling the cancer with a specific type of …
Brain scans may detect lies better than polygraph tests, new study shows
Forget fact checkers or polygraph tests. A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scan might be the best way to tell if someone is lying. According to …