Scientists from the Stanford University SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are using microscopic traces of diamond isolated from petroleum fluids to grow customized, intentionally flawed nano-diamonds designed for next-generation medical imaging technologies.

Siemens healthcare has partnered with Case Western Reserve University to advance the development of magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF), an innovative imaging method capable of analyzing tissues to speed diagnosis of certain diseases.

Hybrid imaging systems, particularly PET/CT, may feel like old news at this point given its adoption into clinical practice. That doesn’t mean, however, that innovation will lag in the field.

Researchers from both the Imperial College London and the University College London have used an advanced imaging technique to capture 3D visualizations of cell processes, including apoptosis, in zebrafish, according to research published in the Journal of Biophotonics.

The addition of combination PET/CT examinations to the radiologist’s toolbox represents one of the most significant advancements in oncological imaging in the past decade. So what does the future hold for hybrid imaging?

In a small but noteworthy fMRI study, British and Chinese researchers have found that two individuals born with a rare inability to feel physical pain evidence the same patterns of brain activity when pricked with a pin as four healthy, age-matched volunteers.  

British scientists have successfully used advanced 3D x-ray imaging technology to image an aggressive form of lung disease in a new way, providing more insight into how the disease develops inside the body.

Doctors at the Texas Center for Proton Therapy in Irving, Texas, have become the first to image patients in North America using combined pencil beam proton therapy and iscocentric cone beam CT during cancer treatment.