An analysis conducted by Grand View Research has estimated that the global healthcare 3D printing market will have a compound annual growth rate of 15.6 percent from 2014 to 2020 and is estimated to be worth $1.13 billion by 2020.

Researchers at the Laser Zentrum Hannover eV (LZH) in Germany and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, have developed an imaging technique that could enable the use of internal ultrasonic methods to gather information about heart tissues.

Whether or not the colorful images end up leading to novel therapies, the brain scans of people tripping on LSD captured in recent research at Imperial College London are worth a look. 

Clinical and neuroscience researchers in Japan and Providence, R.I., have put their heads together and come up with an algorithmic classifier that can distinguish between autistic and non-autistic brains as imaged with fMRI. 

Scientists from Yale University have created a versatile laser imaging system capable of discerning both the physical structure and biological activity inside living tissues—including cell movements and even a heartbeat—according to study results recently published in the journal Optica.

Novel imaging techniques being developed by researchers around the world are poised to make their impact. From stroke imaging to holographic imaging, we’ve been keeping our eye on the early research findings using these new techniques.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new 3D imaging method capable of imaging the liver in greater detail and identifying advanced fibrosis, reducing the need for invasive biopsy procedures, according to results of a study recently published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Researchers from the Lund University in Sweden are using near infrared spectroscopy to image oxygen concentrations in the lungs of newborns, a noninvasive technique that could be used to better monitor premature babies with underdeveloped lungs and ultimately increase survival rates.