Imaging

The NIH has awarded researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign more than $420,000 to develop ultrasound imaging methods to study neurovascular changes underlying Alzheimer’s disease.

A global shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging has prompted experts at University of California, San Francisco to outline conservation strategies that would reduce the use of the agent by approximately 83%.

A thin optical fiber shows promise for use in minimally invasive deep tissue studies in brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease, researchers reported in APL Photonics.

Handheld imaging devices may be useful in the assessment of diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema, according to a study.

Physical function and MRI scores predict flares at 6 and 12 months following the end of treatment with abatacept among patients with early rheumatoid arthritis in remission, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

The expanding myopia epidemic and the increasing number of children who develop myopia at a young age will likely result in increased prevalence of pathologic myopia in the future.

Optical coherence elastography, or OCE, is a new technology that elucidates the biomechanical properties of the cornea.

The final 2021 issue of the Video Journal of Cataract, Refractive, and Glaucoma Surgery, which advances the knowledge and surgical training of ophthalmic surgeons through video-based education, is now online.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2022, Yasha Modi, MD, discusses ways to use imaging to rule in or out specific diagnoses.

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Retina 2022, Caroline Baumal, MD, discusses her experience using the Beyeonics One surgical microscope (Beyeonics) while performing surgery.