Cerveau Technologies said today that it landed a clinical research agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alzheimer’s Research Center to study an early stage imaging agent with positron emission tomography scans to assess the status and progression of neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. Neurofibrillary tangles composed of tau protein are characteristic of certain neurodegenerative diseases, […]
Imaging
Cydar lands Roche exec for 3D imaging software play
Cydar EV, a medical software start-up, said this week that it hired several new directors, including Roche’s recently-retired chairman Franz Humer. The U.K.-based company is developing cloud-based software to produce 3D images of a patient’s blood vessels in X-ray guided endovascular surgery. Cydar said Humer will bring a “wealth of commercialization” and key developmental insights […]
Researchers develop luminescent carbon nanodots to track drug delivery
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed photo-luminescent carbon nanodots that exhibit reversible switching of their optical properties in cancer cells. The team’s work was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. The carbon nanoparticles could be applied to intracellular imaging and drug delivery, the authors said. “One of the major advantages […]
Bracco Diagnostics wins another FDA nod for Lumason microspheres
Bracco Imaging U.S. subsidiary Bracco Diagnostics said today that it won FDA approval for its Lumason microsphere contrast agent to be used in ultrasonography of the urinary tract in pediatric patients with suspected or known vesicoureteral reflux. “The approval of Lumason for voiding ultrasonography answers an unmet medical need for an effective imaging study to […]
FDA warns on MRI risks with infusion pumps
The FDA issued a warning today that the strong magnetic fields used in an MRI exam can affect implantable infusion pumps. The federal watchdog has received reports of serious adverse events, including patient death, associated with using an infusion pump in an MR environment. The reports claim that some patients have experienced inaccurate medication dosing […]
Philips launches next-gen radiation dose management software
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) said today that it launched its 2nd generation DoseWise radiation dose management software platform for healthcare professionals to record and track radiation exposure in both patients and clinicians. The Dutch conglomerate said it’s 2nd generation version of DoseWise Portal has enhanced connectivity and informatics capabilities to help radiology departments address problems like […]
Real-time MRI in stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s
Researchers have observed that using intraoperative real-time MRI to guide induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons into the brains of non-human primates modeled with Parkinson’s disease yields better visualization and increased cell survival. The study, which will be published in the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair issue of Cell Transplantation, was conducted at the Wisconsin National Primate Research […]
Microchip imaging platform for roundworms could accelerate research
Researchers developed a microchip imaging platform to image-analyze thousands of roundworms simultaneously, according to the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. This is the 1st large-scale, in vivo drug discovery platform using a whole animal model, the school reported. The study, published in Nature Communications, detailed a flexible, cellphone-sized chip with […]
Hospital researchers explore MRI for drug delivery
Researchers have programmed an MRI scanner to simultaneously monitor magnetized particles while propelling them through blood vessels as a means to locally deliver drugs. Existing approaches combine the magnetic force from an MRI scanner with the force produced by particle collisions. But traditionally, it’s challenging to image using the MRI scanner and propel the particles […]
