New scanning technology aims to achieve quicker diagnosis of Alzheimer's, other diseases
Monday, October 8, 2012 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Groundbreaking research could lead to Alzheimer's disease being diagnosed in minutes using a simple brain scan. Scientists are working on new technology that could revolutionize the way in which magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are used to view the molecular events behind diseases like Alzheimer's, without invasive procedure, by increasing the sensitivity of an average hospital scanner by 200,000 times.