by | Jan 6, 2020 | Cahill, Alison, Cuculich, Phillip, Schwartz, Alan, Wang, Yong
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed an electromyometrial imaging (EMMI) method to non-invasively monitor uterine contractions. During pregnancy, many women experience preterm contractions. Sometimes these contractions progress to pre-term labor a…
by | Dec 17, 2019 | Yang, Deshan
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Prof. Deshan Yang and colleagues have developed automated systems and software toolkits to provide more accurate deformable image registration (DIR) for adaptive radiotherapy and other clinical applications. In particular, they have automated tedious and labor-intensive DIR …
by | Nov 18, 2019 | Altman, Michael, Green, Olga, Kavanaugh, James, Li, Hua, Mutic, Sasa, Wooten, Hasani
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A team of researchers at Washington University has created a machine learning method to quickly and reliably validate patient contours in digital medical images for radiation therapy and computer aided image analysis.
Currently, automated contouring tools for delineating tu…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Chen, Hong, Williamson, Jeffrey, Yang, Yaoheng "Mack"
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Researchers in Prof. Hong Chen’s laboratory have developed a safe, convenient monitoring technique to precisely deliver drugs to the brain by integrating ultrasound imaging with ultrasound therapy (focused ultrasound-blood-brain-barrier delivery, “FUS-BBBD”…
by | Oct 22, 2019 | Cupps, Brian, Pasque, Michael
— Background: Assessing left ventricle (LV) cardiac contractile function is a good indicator of overall heart health and is used to determine which patients are good candidates for revascularization surgery. With over 3 million new coronary artery disease patients annually and over 1 million annual re…