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Ultrasound
Ultrasound: is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound devices operate on frequencies from 20 kHz up to several gigahertz. Ultrasound is used in various fields and the ultrasonic devices are used to detect objects and measure distances. Ultrasound imaging or sonography is used in the medical setting to detect invisible flaws. Animals like bats and porpoises also use ultrasound for locating their prey.
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Record Catch?
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JAN 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ovarian cancers have one of the highest mortality rates, ranking fifth in cancer deaths among women. Early detection is
...
JAN 20, 2016
Neuroscience
The brain is pretty much the body’s supercomputer. While the heart keeps blood pumping, the lungs keep air flowing
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 03, 2015
Health & Medicine
In the United States, about 67 percent of women 40 and older
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 16, 2015
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB, is essentially the gatekeeper of the brain. Certain substances can pass through it, but
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 11, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Prenatal testing has been in practice for decades, helping doctors prepare women for the births of their babies. But unt
...
NOV 02, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the battle against cancer, scientists may be one step closer to detonating the tumor base camp, literally. The resear
...
AUG 17, 2015
Cancer
There is good news for children with neuroblastoma, the second most common solid-tumor childhood cancer. Donald L. Durde
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 22, 2015
Health & Medicine
The American Journal of Pathology recently published a study that yields promising results in the search for better trea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 15, 2015
Plants & Animals
For some people, the price of a pet's health is never too high: A team of veterinarians in Scotland performed a set of o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Record Catch?
Hogan keeps track of freshwater fish size records through his Megafish Project, whi ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 05, 2015
Cardiology
People living in areas with more air pollution face a greater risk of carotid artery stenosis (narrowing of the arteries
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke