Medical Imaging Gateway

CMR useful in detecting fetal heart defects

Fetal Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance yielded the same diagnosis as postnatal findings more often that routine obstetric ultrasound, showing promise for CMR as a diagnostic tool for assessment of congenital cardiovascular abnormalities.

Physiological changes during ultramarathons

Significant changes in total, somatic and visceral volumes assessed by MRI occurred in 22 ultramarathon runners over the course of a 4487 km race, but body and fat volume, together with body mass, were not associated with race performance.

Single-cell live imaging of Notch signaling

Transgenic mice expressing a nuclear-localized fluorescent protein driven by responsive elements, taken from the CBF1 transcription factor, allow single-cell resolution of the Notch signaling pathway, with greater sensitivity and resolution than previous reporter lines.  

Using microbubbles to improve cancer therapy

Microbubbles have the potential to improve cancer therapy by reducing the amount of time and acoustic power needed to destroy tumors using high intensity focused ultrasound.

NCT monitoring with microwave imaging

Microwave imaging may provide a low cost alternative to magnetic resonance and positron emission tomography for monitoring patient response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT).