LCA-Vision Inc., a leading provider of laser vision correction services under the LasikPlus(R) brand, today announced that one million laser vision correction procedures have been performed at its LasikPlus(R) vision centers. LCA-Vision opened its first laser vision correction center in Cincinnati, Ohio shortly after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the technology to perform procedures in October 1995.
For patients with head and neck cancer, accurately determining how advanced the cancer is and detecting secondary cancers usually means undergoing numerous tests - until now. New Saint Louis University research has found that the PET-CT scanner can be used as a stand-alone tool to detect secondary cancers, which occur in 5 to 10 percent of head and neck cancer patients.
Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. today announced that the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is now available to patients in west Texas and its surrounding areas at Wellness Lubbock, a facility dedicated to women's imaging. This is the fifth installation of the Aurora System in the state of Texas, which leads the nation in the number of health care facilities providing this advanced breast imaging technology. The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for the detection, diagnosis and management of breast disease.
Echelon Corporation today announced that the Olympic Village in Beijing is using Echelon's LonWorksR technology to create an energy efficiency lighting control system. Lighting typically consumes as much as a third of the electricity used in a building, making it a prime target for energy efficiency for the Olympic Village during the Games.
University of Florida and Florida Institute of Technology engineering researchers have narrowed the search for the source of X-rays emitted by lightning, a feat that could one day help predict where lightning will strike.
QPC Lasers, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-brightness, high-power semiconductor chip-based lasers for the consumer electronics, industrial, defense, and medical markets, today announced the company's technical marketing team recently published a technical paper in the prestigious laser industry trade magazine Laser+Photonics.
TRUMPF Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the world's first in-light high definition (HD) operating room camera. The TruVidia HD captures and transmits razor sharp, true-to-life images with 1080 lines horizontal resolution and 2 million pixels. The images are more than twice as clear as those available from standard definition (SD) cameras.
Laser technology has revolutionised the world of medicine in ways never before thought of. More and more often the scalpel is giving way to a new generation of lasers. Now the FAST-DOT project, backed by the EU with EUR 10.1 million in financing, is underway to develop a new line of lasers for biomedical applications.
An analysis of more than 100 patients has confirmed for the first time that darker-skinned patients benefit as those with lighter skin when given light therapy for morphea and related diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers show.
Even contact lenses are joining the trend to go green.
Chemical engineering researchers at McMaster University have shown that a common fluid found in our bodies can be used as a natural moisturizing agent in contact ...
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