All the stories tagged with mri

Brain Scan Could Determine Potential Repeat Offenders

03/26/2013, Have you watched Minority Report before? What if you lived in a society where it is possible to be deemed by some sort of computer algorithm that you are more prone to committing a certain type of crime? Life’s definitely [...]

MR Fingerprinting Will Enable Faster MRI Scans

03/24/2013, A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals have been experimenting with a new MRI acquisition method, one that can enable faster MRI scans. Making scans is a very lengthy process. Images are produced depending upon different characteristics [...]

Brain Scan may help determine your exact age within a year

08/16/2012, A MRI(magnetic resonance imaging) may help determine whether there are any problems with your brain, but researchers at multiple universities have discovered a new use for the MRI that has less to do with your health and more to do with [...]

Brain scans can tell if you’ll really quit smoking

02/01/2011, Do you have the ability to quit smoking? If you’re not sure if you’re on the right path, technology can help you find out if it’s working or not. According to some researchers at the University of Michigan, they found [...]

Researchers try to determine if you’re a pro gamer with science

01/13/2011, Are researchers running out of things to research about? Probably not, but a group of psychology professors at the University of Illinois have been doing some research and discovered that you can tell how gifted someone is at gaming by [...]

MRI Brain Scans Are the New Growth Charts for Developing Brains

09/09/2010, In the latest issue of Science, researchers are saying that quick MRI brain scans may help doctors identify and treat developmental problems in children, and when the scans are taken over time, parents and healthcare providers will have a growth [...]