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Sunday, 17 March 2013

Radiation can be Reduced While Maintaining High Quality in CT Colonography: Study

A new study has found it's possible to maintain high-quality CT colonography diagnostic images while reducing the radiation dose. The study was led by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher. This is important as the use of CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, becomes more widely used for colorectal cancer screenings. Through his research, Kevin J. Chang, M.D., of the department of diagnostic imaging, found that decreasing the tube voltage would not negatively ...


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Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Bionic Hand Adds Quality of Life in a Fifty Four Year Old Man

Nigel Ackland, 54, is the recipient of the most advanced prosthetic limb in the world - the bebionic3 which enables him tie his shoe laces. He had lost his lower right arm in an industrial accident six and a half years ago. Now, he is one among seven people in the world to be fitted with a Terminator-style mechanical limb in November 2012. Bebionic3 myoelectric hand is made of carbon fibre and is strapped to his elbow and is able to sense and respond ...


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