A type of ultrasound scan can detect cancer tissue left behind after a brain tumor is removed more sensitively than surgeons, and could improve the outcome from operations, a new study suggests. The ...

Focused ultrasound from outside the body can safely and reversibly open the blood–brain barrier in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, researchers in Canada have shown for the first time. The technique ...

(a) Functional MRI maps the hand control region of the right primary motor cortex in two patients. (b, c) Gadolinium enhancement in MR images shows successful blood–brain barrier permeabilization in ...

Ultrasonography is an incredibly useful tool in medicine, particularly in emergency departments. It usually takes under a minute for an ultrasonography tool to assess whether a critically injured ...

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Manta Trust has successfully scanned a pregnant wild reef manta ray underwater to obtain clear ultrasound images of her foetus, using the ...

The researchers, along with partners from industry and government railroad organizations, applied an advanced form of ...