A new startup launched today making their 3D-printed organ models for surgical planning, biomedical research and education available tor the training community.

Concussions or no, collegiate football players who experience repetitive head impacts during a single season sustain alterations to the white matter in their brains. The good news: The damage tends to disappear on diffusion tensor MRI after six months of rest, suggesting remission, according to a small prospective study published online Jan. 14 in Brain Imaging and Behavior.

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine have developed a 3D imaging technique that shows embryonic implantation in mice in unprecedented detail. The technique could improve prenatal care or in-vitro fertilization via a better understanding of the first few weeks of pregnancy.

Graphene’s resume is impressive: It’s 200 times stronger than steel, conducts heat and electricity with the utmost efficiency, and is the thinnest material known to man. The two-dimensional compound is made of a hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms, with applications ranging from solar power to tennis rackets.

Comparing two methods of administering gadolinium-based contrast for MRI exams head to head, researchers have found that dilution with saline is better than a reduced injection rate at minimizing arterial-phase artifacts. 

Off-label use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) may be the best advanced-imaging choice—safe, accurate and cost-effective as compared to guideline-recommended CT and MRI—for examining children in many instances, according to a British study published online Dec. 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology. 

A new imaging system has been installed at the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC), now providing the most precise and safest way to diagnose musculoskeletal conditions in children. 

While traditional screenings for lung cancer include chest x-rays and sputum cytology, a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan is the latest technology to identify small cancer growths before symptoms develop.