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Will Digital Pathology Retire the Microscope?

January 30, 2015
Digital technology is changing medicine, but many pathologists still use old-fashioned microscopes to ply their trade. They load them with tissue samples, analyze them through the eyepiece and dictate findings to a voice recognition system or an administrative assistant.
It can be a pain. “Every time I reach for a new slide, I have to take my eyes off the lens and check the forms for that case,” says Ian Cree, professor of pathology at Warwick Medical School in Coventry, UK. “You can get a sore neck from hours at the microscope.”
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Someone’s Gotta Do It: This Collaborative Robot Does the Dull Jobs Few Humans Want

January 21, 2015
A manufacturing robot is hardly chummy chap. Set off from its flesh-and-blood coworkers inside a safety cage, its powerful metal biceps easily lift, weld and shape massive machine parts. People can watch it in awe from a distance, but they better keep away or risk injury.
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DNA Analysis: New Technologies for Speedier Crime Investigation in Malaysia

January 19, 2015
The proliferation of criminal activities in Malaysia is unsettling1. According to World Bank (2011), the Malaysian Police reported there were approximately six crimes for every 1,000 people in 2010 alone. While crime is inevitable, efforts in increasing criminal enforcement are being carried out by the government and responsible taskforces. The latest fast, reliable and transparent technology in crime investigation is Rapid DNA analysis.
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New CT Scan Can See Bones and Organs in Stunning Detail

January 08, 2015
The new Revolution CT Scanner from GE recently completed a six-month clinical trial at West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Florida. There, doctors said they were able to diagnose even the most challenging cardiac patients with erratic or high heartbeats and reduce the radiation dose for pediatric patients.
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A Journey No Child Should Take

December 17, 2014

Mark Frontera’s cellphone wouldn’t stop ringing. It was Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11, 2012, and the engineer was in a meeting with a manager. Whoever it was on the other end could wait, so he sent the caller to voicemail.

A moment passed, and again it rang. He looked at the caller ID. It was Tara, his wife. He excused himself and answered. He could hear the panic as her voice trembled in hysterics.

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Hospital Hack-A-Thon Attacks Ebola With Robots, Software, Remote Controls

December 08, 2014

Treating an infectious disease like the Ebola virus is fraught with dangers for both victims and their caretakers. Ebola’s fatality rate can reach 70 percent and an errant drop of blood, vomit or other bodily fluid can turn a nurse or a doctor into a patient.

That’s why engineers and technologists started looking for ways that would allow hospital staff to limit their exposure to the virus when treating the sick.  

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When A Mammogram Isn’t Enough: Doctors Talk About the Future of Breast Cancer Screening

December 03, 2014

In 1965, French radiologist Charles Gros built the first X-ray machine dedicated to screening breasts and effectively launched mammography as a viable breast cancer test. The machine, which was built by Thomson CGR, used a special X-ray tube developed by his colleague Emile Gabbay. It was made from molybdenum and emitted low-energy radiation that produced uniform images and contrast that allowed doctors to see breast tissue in greater detail.

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Seeing the Unseen: The Past 100 Years and the Future of Medical Imaging

December 02, 2014
Thomas Edison’s light bulb patent was 16 years old when his colleague and GE co-founder Elihu Thomson modified his electric lamp technology and developed an early X-ray machine that allowed doctors to diagnose bone fractures and locate “foreign objects in the body.” The machine, which Thomson built just one year after Wilhelm Roentgen discovered and tested X-rays on his wife, launched GE into the healthcare business.
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Perspectives

Tackling Brain Injuries — Q&A with the NFL’s Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller Nfl
November 20, 2014
Preventing brain injury is a team sport. That’s why the NFL has teamed up with GE and Under Armour to promote some of the most innovative thinking on protecting against and diagnosing concussions.
 
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The Discreet Charm of the Cauliflower and Other Radiology Gems

November 06, 2014
Of the many Eureka! moments experienced by scientists since Archimedes, Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays in 1895 was among the least auspicious.  When he trained his cathode ray apparatus on his wife’s hand and imaged the bones of her fingers, she recoiled and exclaimed: “I have seen my death!”
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