Science news articles about 'scanner'Passengers virtually stripped naked by 3-D airport scanner
The airport in Kelowna, B.C., will be the first in Canada to test a new type of passenger scanner that creates a three-dimensional virtually nude image of people.Saving More Lives by Building a Better Scanner
To grasp the power of Toshiba’s new Aquilion ONE computed-tomography (CT) scanner, imagine facing a picturesque beach. Your camera doesn’t have a panoramic function, so you take snapshots pointing to ... Study shows cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients
... superior diagnostic test performance of the CT scanner, and the avoidance of the observation unit costs.
"There is relatively ... new technology, the 64-slice CT scanner, in low-risk chest pain patients ... Cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients
... director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilising a CT scanner to evaluate low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency room...Step-on scanner lets air passengers keep shoes on
LOD, Israel (Reuters) - Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for hidden weapons, though the new ... Shoe scanner set to make travel safer
(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineer at the University of Manchester has developed a prototype scanner that could be used to detect explosives and weapons hidden in the shoes of travellers.Stanford blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer
A team led by Stanford researchers has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier treatment ... Scanner to Find Fatty Deposits in Vessels Is Approved
Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks.Real Trekkie Tricorder Invented
New handheld medical scanners are coupled with regular cell phones.Modern ceramics help advance technology
... rotary drives, and buzzers.
“There are many other applications under investigation, such as energy harvesting, oscillatory systems for clocks, mirror arrays, and scanners,” the authors conclude.Justice in the brain: Equity and efficiency are encoded differently
... do we make tradeoffs in difficult situations"”
An interest in such issues kept the study subjects in the scanner, despite the pain of grappling with difficult choices, Hsu said. “Quite a few came out ... Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch
... : ASIRAS, a radar altimeter that mimics the radar altimeter on-board CryoSat-2 and a laser scanner which maps the surface beneath the plan, and a helicopter with an on-board sensor that measures sea- ... New method effective in detecting dangerous coronary plaque
... it particularly useful in distinguishing between stable plaque and unstable plaque.
“The latest MDCT scanners have made it possible to detect noncalcified plaque,” explains Clouse. “However, due to ... Feature: Getting oil from a stone
It seems like an unlikely match, but a super high resolution CAT scanner is helping the petroleum industry to extract oil from stones.UCLA researchers develop new PET scanning probe that will allowing monitoring of the immune system
... stem cell center and the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging took part in the study. The PET scanner was invented by UCLA's Michael Phelps, also a co-author on this study.
The work by Witte and ...
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Passengers virtually stripped naked by 3-D airport scanner
The airport in Kelowna, B.C., will be the first in Canada to test a new type of passenger scanner that creates a three-dimensional virtually nude image of people.Saving More Lives by Building a Better Scanner
To grasp the power of Toshiba’s new Aquilion ONE computed-tomography (CT) scanner, imagine facing a picturesque beach. Your camera doesn’t have a panoramic function, so you take snapshots pointing to ...Study shows cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients
... superior diagnostic test performance of the CT scanner, and the avoidance of the observation unit costs. "There is relatively ... new technology, the 64-slice CT scanner, in low-risk chest pain patients ...Cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients
... director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilising a CT scanner to evaluate low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency room...Step-on scanner lets air passengers keep shoes on
LOD, Israel (Reuters) - Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for hidden weapons, though the new ...Shoe scanner set to make travel safer
(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineer at the University of Manchester has developed a prototype scanner that could be used to detect explosives and weapons hidden in the shoes of travellers.Stanford blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer
A team led by Stanford researchers has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier treatment ...Scanner to Find Fatty Deposits in Vessels Is Approved
Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks.Real Trekkie Tricorder Invented
New handheld medical scanners are coupled with regular cell phones.Modern ceramics help advance technology
... rotary drives, and buzzers. “There are many other applications under investigation, such as energy harvesting, oscillatory systems for clocks, mirror arrays, and scanners,” the authors conclude.Justice in the brain: Equity and efficiency are encoded differently
... do we make tradeoffs in difficult situations"” An interest in such issues kept the study subjects in the scanner, despite the pain of grappling with difficult choices, Hsu said. “Quite a few came out ...Scientists endure Arctic for last campaign prior to CryoSat-2 launch
... : ASIRAS, a radar altimeter that mimics the radar altimeter on-board CryoSat-2 and a laser scanner which maps the surface beneath the plan, and a helicopter with an on-board sensor that measures sea- ...New method effective in detecting dangerous coronary plaque
... it particularly useful in distinguishing between stable plaque and unstable plaque. “The latest MDCT scanners have made it possible to detect noncalcified plaque,” explains Clouse. “However, due to ...Feature: Getting oil from a stone
It seems like an unlikely match, but a super high resolution CAT scanner is helping the petroleum industry to extract oil from stones.UCLA researchers develop new PET scanning probe that will allowing monitoring of the immune system
... stem cell center and the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging took part in the study. The PET scanner was invented by UCLA's Michael Phelps, also a co-author on this study. The work by Witte and ...