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Scienscope to Highlight NEW X-ray Component Counter at SMTA International

Scienscope International, a leading American supplier of cabinet style micro-focus X-ray systems, announced today that they will debut their new AXC-800 III X-ray component counter and display the X-Scope 2000 X-ray inspection system in booth 1224 at the upcoming SMTA International in Rosemont, IL, scheduled to take place September 24-25, 2019.

From Scienscope International Corp 23 Aug 2019

New Minimally Invasive Tool for Imaging Features Inside Living Tissues

Scientists have created an innovative self-calibrating endoscope that generates 3D images of objects that are smaller than a single cell.

19 Aug 2019

New Intra-Nasal Imaging to Examine Airways in Cystic Fibrosis Patients

A simple, minimally invasive new tool for observing differences in the nasal airways of cystic fibrosis patients in vivo at a cellular level has recently been described in a paper published in Science Translational Medicine.

8 Aug 2019

New Microscopy Technique May Help Detect Cancer Metastasis in Real Time

For the first time, scientists have integrated automated image analysis algorithms with a robust microscopy method to differentiate healthy tissues from metastatic cancerous ones without depending on the use of a contrast dye or invasive biopsies.

7 Aug 2019

Raman Spectroscopy Could Help Differentiate Benign from Cancerous Thyroid Cells

Scientists have revealed that Raman spectroscopy, an optical method, can be employed to distinguish between benign and cancerous thyroid cells.

6 Aug 2019

Personalized Approach to Diagnosing Individual Vision Issues

Scientists describe a new imaging system that cancels chromatic optical aberrations present in the eye of certain people, thereby enabling a more accurate evaluation of vision and eye health.

5 Aug 2019

Miniature Laser Crucial for Development of New Medical Sensors

In a big step toward creating portable scanners that can quickly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or categorize tissue in patients’ skin, scientists have developed an imaging system that uses lasers adequately small and efficient to be placed on a microchip.

25 Jul 2019

X-Ray Crystallography Reveals 3D Structure of Biological Macromolecules

A review on serial femtosecond crystallography has been published by scientists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT).

22 Jul 2019

New Technique Uses Ultrasound to Noninvasively Take Optical Images

Thanks to a new breakthrough, endoscopes may no longer have to be inserted into the body—for example, under the skin or down the throat—to reach the brain, stomach, or any other organs for inspection.

18 Jul 2019

New Device Enables Low-Cost and Clinically Accurate Eye Scans

A portable and low-cost optical coherence tomography, or OCT, scanner has been developed by biomedical engineers at Duke University. The tool has great potential to bring vision-saving technology to underserved areas, both across the United States and abroad.

1 Jul 2019