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Dr. Patrick Stroman did his undergraduate degree in Physics at the University of Victoria, Canada, and a PhD in Applied Sciences in Medicine at the University of Alberta, Canada, where he focused on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at Laval University in the Quebec Biomaterials...

Researchers from Kyoto University Hospital and Preemptive Medicine and Lifestyle Related Disease Research Center, describe the future of vascular imaging technology, including how photoacoustic imaging targets tumour vessels in breast cancer.

Nigel Shrive and David Hart from the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, University of Calgary, unravel the complexity of osteoarthritis and stress the need to integrate innovation in biomechanics, biology and imaging.

Muy-Teck Teh, Senior Lecturer from Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London discusses how a novel low-cost rapid digital diagnostic test could help save lives and reduce head and neck cancer burden worldwide.

Dr Frank Wuest, Professor at Department of Oncology - University of Alberta, sheds light on the imaging biomarkers and the Alberta Radiopharmaceutical Collaboration in this special oncology focus.

Transcending morphology, magnetic resonance techniques can be utilised to shed light on processes on the molecular level to unveil pathological alterations preceding anatomical and functional manifestations of (cardiovascular) diseases, in the view of Ulrich Flögel from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.

Professor Ulrich Flögel explores how magnetic resonance techniques can be used for basic research into animal care in this report.

E.M. Sevick and J.C. Rasmussen from The University of Texas Health Science Center, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine discuss non-radioactive, non-ionising radiation for safe, paediatric imaging

Prof. Dr Axel Rominger from the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich on how neurodegenerative diseases can be studied through PET imaging

Dr Dilano K Saldin, of the  Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee outlines the potential of the x-ray free electron laser.

Ai-Ling Lin of the Lin Brain Lab details how neuroimaging research can be used to reduce brain aging and the impact of Alzheimer’s disease

Professor Alison Murray, Director of the Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre, University of Aberdeen, explains how medical imaging has transformed healthcare over the years  Modern imaging is an essential part of healthcare and has come a long way since the discovery of X-rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Roentgen. Developments by researchers...

Background of Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative disorders affecting more than 25 million people worldwide which is the fifth leading cause of death for those aged 65 years and above. The disease typically starts with a difficulty to remember new information and as...

Energy defects, neuroinflammatory processes, and abnormal cellular morphology in neurodegenerative diseases (ND) would constitute extremely informative brain imaging biomarkers of disease progression and readouts in clinical trials. Emerging research aims at developing novel brain imaging methods to study these different aspects not only in animal models but also in...

Andrea Varrone studies the importance of molecular imaging to provide personalised medicine and improve care for patients with neurodegenerative disorders

Dr. Contag is the inaugural chair of the Biomedical Engineering department and founding Director of the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering (IQ) at Michigan State University Dr. Contag joined the MSU faculty in 2017 as the James and Kathleen Cornelius Chair in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and...

Professor Christopher Contag is the founding director of the Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering at Michigan State University; the Institute was founded in 2016 and is known as IQ.

The role of advanced technologies in healthcare, including the work of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) in this area, is placed under the spotlight by Open Access Government

Dr Alla Reznik, Canada Research Chair in Physics of Medical Imaging, explains how Positron Emission Mammography is effective when detecting breast cancer

‘Nuclear Medicine Research’ digital e-book "We had a visit by our Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt  and Minister of Health, Nick Hækkerup,  who arrived for an ultra-short visit of our Hospital to see how cancer patients are received at our Emergency Department and hear about “AgeCare”. "Instead of delivering a page or...