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New MRI Method Quantitatively Measures Human Brain Tissue

Imagine that your mechanic tells you that your brake pads seem thin, but doesn't know how long they will last. Or that your doctor says your child has a temperature, but isn't sure how high. Quantitative measurements help us make important decisions, especially in the doctor's office. But a potent and popular diagnostic scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), provides mostly qualitative information.

5 Nov 2013

Laser Light May Hold Hope for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseases

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, together with researchers at the Polish Wroclaw University of Technology, have made a discovery that may lead to the curing of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (the so called mad cow disease) through photo therapy.

5 Nov 2013

HOYA to Acquire Major Automated Endoscope Reprocessor, Wassenburg Group

HOYA today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Wassenburg Group, an Automated Endoscope Reprocessing (AER) market leader in the Netherlands. The planned closing date is November 1, 2013.

4 Nov 2013

Demonstrating Femtosecond Laser Micromachining of Next-Generation Implantable Medical Devices

Palmaz Scientific, Spectra-Physics® and Innovative Laser Technologies (ILT) announce the demonstration of femtosecond laser micromachining of next-generation implantable medical devices. With Spectra-Physics&rs...

31 Oct 2013

Adaptive Optics Helps Overcome Limitations of Conventional Fluorescein Angiography

If you've ever been sleep-deprived, you've probably had a firsthand glimpse of the blood vessels in your eyes. But what you haven't seen—and what many eye care professionals cannot see as well as they would like—are the vessels closest to the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.

29 Oct 2013

Netherlands Researchers Develop Prototype of New Imaging Tool, Photoacoustic Mammoscope

Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and cancer deaths among women worldwide. Routine screening can increase breast cancer survival by detecting the disease early and allowing doctors to address it at this critical stage.

From Optical Society Of America 24 Oct 2013

Four Cancer Imaging Centers in UK Get Fund for Tumor Research

Cancer imaging is set to get a major boost from a £35 million nationwide initiative to develop cutting edge imaging technologies for basic and clinical cancer research.

24 Oct 2013

New Way to Deliver Light Signal to Specific Tissues Deep Within Body

As researchers develop novel therapies based on inducing specific cells to do specific things, getting the right message to the right group of cells at the right time remains a major challenge. The use of light to communicate with cells has been restricted by its limited ability to pass through tissues.

23 Oct 2013

HOYA Group's Vision Care Division Announces Start of HOYA Lens Romania

HOYA Group's Vision Care Division, a key player in the global market for ophthalmic lenses, announces the start of HOYA Lens Romania.

21 Oct 2013

Vontz Core Imaging Lab Helps Visualize Effect of Stem Cell-Infused Patch to Treat Heart Attack

In August, research conducted by Yi-Gang Wang, PhD, associate professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, was published in the journal PLOS ONE.

19 Oct 2013