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Arm Brace for Sonographers to Reduce Wrist Injuries

As use of real-time diagnostic ultrasound scanning has increased, work-related injury has become epidemic among medical sonographers and echocardiographers. Approximately 80 percent of sonographers re...
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Mark Kliewer, Timothy Walker, Christopher Thomas | P06204US

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Using Endogenous Fluorescence to Identify Cancerous Cells

Optical imaging techniques play a pivotal role in detecting disease, injury and other disorders at an early stage and monitoring progression or remission after treatment. Images are generated by detec...
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Paolo Provenzano, Patricia Keely, Kevin Eliceiri, John White | P07165US

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Improved MRI Coil Design for a Breast Biopsy Device

X-ray mammography is currently the most popular method of detecting breast cancer. However, X-ray mammography requires painful breast compression and is not sensitive enough to detect some early-stage...
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Sean Fain, Krishna Kurpad, Xu Zhai | P06382US

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