by | Jul 26, 2022 | Clayton, William, Don, Steven
— Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a device that automatically measures and displays body thickness to optimize X-ray image collection. This device will improve X-ray image quality and reduce the radiation exposure to patients.
The device es…
by | Jul 21, 2022 | Cohen, Barak, Zhao, Siqi
— Technology Description
Researchers in Barak Cohen’s lab at Washington University have developed a method for single cell massively parallel reporter assay (scMPRA) to preserve cell type-specific information. This technology is scalable and sequencing platform agnostic.
Massively parallel…
by | Jul 18, 2022 | Benzinger, Tammie, Guzman, Gloria, Wang, Qing, Wang, Yong
— Background
Currently, biopsies are the only definitive method to diagnose a brain tumor. While PET-CT is used for initial imaging and monitoring of the tumor, after completion of treatments, a 6-8-week delay is usually implemented to avoid false-positive results. Yet, the delay could also result in…
by | Jul 5, 2022 | Achilefu, Samuel, Meng, Hongyu, Mondal, Suman, O'Brien, Christine, Shmuylovich, Leonid
— Background
Temperature differences between tumor and healthy tissue due to increased blood flow and metabolic activity are exploited for thermal imaging (TI) as an adjunct imaging modality for cancer diagnosis. Despite many technological advances and recent improvements, TI has a limited tumor dept…
by | Jul 1, 2022 | Shenoy, Surendra
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a technique for arteriovenous fistula creation that reduces the incidence of juxta-anastomotic stenosis, which often leads to graft failure. The procedure involves clamping closed one end of the graft and attac…