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Imaging: seeing or imagining? (Part 1)
Writer: Dror Nir, PhD That is the question… We are all used to clichés such as “seeing is believing”, “seeing is knowing”, “don’t be blind” and so on. Out of our seven (natural and supernatural)...
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Knowing the tumor’s size and location, could we target treatment to THE ROI...
Advances in techniques for cancer lesions’ detection and localisation [1-6] opened the road to methods of localised (“focused”) cancer treatment [7-10]. An obvious challenge on the road is reassuring...
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The unfortunate ending of the Tower of Babel construction project and its...
The story of the city of Babel is recorded in the book of Genesis 11 1-9. At that time, everyone on earth spoke the same language. It is probably safe to assume that medical practitioners at that time...
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Automated Breast Ultrasound System (‘ABUS’) for full breast scanning: The...
Author: Dror Nir, PhD GE Healthcare announced this week the acquisition of U-Systems, Inc. U-systems has developed the first and only Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS) on the market –...
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What could transform an underdog into a winner?
Many feedbacks to my last post reflected radiologists’ perception of ultrasound as a low-tech, unreliable imaging device. Ultrasounds most manifested limitation by radiologists is that its performance...
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2013 – YEAR OF THE ULTRASOUND
2013 – YEAR OF THE ULTRASOUND Author – Writer: Dror Nir, PhD To those of you who did not know, 2013 is the year of the ultrasound: http://www.ultrasound2013.org/ . This initiative was launched by AIUM...
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Ultrasound-based Screening for Ovarian Cancer
Ultrasound-based Screening for Ovarian Cancer Author: Dror Nir, PhD Occasionally, I check for news on ovarian cancer screening. I do that for sentimental reasons; I started the HistoScanning project...
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Ultrasound imaging as an instrument for measuring tissue elasticity:...
Ultrasound imaging as an instrument for measuring tissue elasticity: “Shear-wave Elastography” VS. “Strain-Imaging” Writer and curator: Dror Nir, PhD In the context of cancer-management, imaging is...
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Ultrasound in Radiology – Results of a European Survey
Ultrasound in Radiology – Results of a European Survey Reporter and Curator; Dror Nir, PhD Ultrasound is by far, the most frequently used imaging modality in patient’s pathway being used by...
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