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Tape measure: X-rays detected from Scotch tape
NEW YORK - Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-22
Computers help docs spot breast cancer on X-rays
NEW YORK - A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
Nations:Israel Source:(AP)
2008-10-02
Fewer US med students choosing primary care
CHICAGO - Only 2 percent of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone of the American medical system.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-09-09
3-D mammograms, cameras may improve breast exams
WASHINGTON - Remember peeking through a View-Master? Scientists are using the same concept behind the classic kids' toy to try to see mammograms in 3-D.
Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
GE, Pittsburgh hospital establish imaging business
General Electric Co., the international conglomerate with a stake in everything from jet engines to network television, is investing $20 million in technology that will allow doctors to share and transmit images of microscopic human tissue.
Nations:U.S.
2008-06-05
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