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Turning MRI into an early molecular diagnostic tool

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The Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning Laboratory at Tel Aviv University, funded by the Israel National Science Foundation, is developing dedicated MRI sequences and algorithms that translate “signal signatures” into biological indicators – with a focus on multiple sclerosis and reducing
Structure of a nerve cell Illustration: depositphotos.com

Lessons in visualization

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With all due respect to electrical signals, the language of the brain is chemistry. In a pioneering study, researchers at Tel Aviv University have managed to use imaging devices to see this chemistry in action.

When water tells a story: turning MRI into a microscope for the brain

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A patient undergoes an MRI scan. Illustration: depositphotos.com

21st Century Tragedies in MRI Scanners / Ofer Ben Horin

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MRI expert warns following fatal case: Magnetic field 30 times stronger than Earth's could turn any metal object fatal
Technician and patient in preparation for MRI. Photo: shutterstock

Turning MRI into an early molecular diagnostic tool

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The Laboratory for Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Machine Learning at Tel Aviv University, funded by the Israel Science Foundation, develops MRI protocols and machine learning algorithms to identify disease processes even before structural changes appear.
The mechanism that allows breast cancer to metastasize to the brain has been deciphered. Courtesy of the researchers

For the first time, a mechanism that allows breast cancer to metastasize to the brain has been deciphered

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Researchers from Tel Aviv University have identified a link between loss of p53 activity (and sometimes deletions in the short arm of chromosome 17) and the adaptation of breast cancer cells to the brain environment through fatty acid pathways and communication with
Prof. Ronit Saatchi Fainero. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Attacking brain tumors

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Prof. Ronit Sacchi-Painero identified two key proteins – CCL2 and P-Selectin – that are involved in cancer cell entry into the brain. Blocking either axis significantly reduced metastatic burden in mouse models and in vitro systems.
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Prestigious grant for artificial intelligence research in medicine: Technion-France project to develop fast MRI scans

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As part of the K-SPARK project, researchers from the Technion and their colleagues in France will develop innovative technology that will enable brain scans in less than a minute, along with establishing an open database of MRI scans that will be used by the scientific community around the world.
Football tackles cause damage to the player's brain. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Football tackles cause severe damage to the area of ​​the brain essential for cognition

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A new imaging technique developed at Columbia University has identified areas of the cerebral cortex – just behind the forehead – that are most severely damaged by repeated impacts from hitting a ball, a well-known phenomenon in hitters.
Various modern concrete objects with dramatic lighting on a dark background.

MRI with one nanometer resolution

Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a nano-MRI method that allows imaging of single molecules at room temperature
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New study reveals: The link between intra-abdominal fat and metabolic risk

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Comprehensive research by Ben-Gurion University and international partners indicates the importance of reducing intra-abdominal fat for improving metabolic health, even with moderate weight loss.
Figure demonstrating the interpretation of DISCOVER. Three heatmaps highlighting the embryo features (center) most significant to the AI's prediction of embryo quality. Credit: Oded Rotem

How does artificial intelligence help doctors decipher medical images?

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Researchers from Ben-Gurion University have developed a computational method that explains how artificial intelligence systems make clinical decisions by breaking down medical images into meaningful components
A normal MRI scan is unable to detect a pancreatic tumor (left). After injecting a transgenic sugar and improving the sensitivity of the scan, the tumor appears clearly in the new MRI approach developed by the researchers (right)

illuminate the malignancy

A new MRI method developed by Weizmann Institute of Science scientists is expected to pave the way for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
How a conventional MRI (left) and the home device (right) work

A home MRI scanner may revolutionize medicine

In ten years, it may be possible to find ambulances - or hospitals on wheels - that can reach multi-casualty incidents and provide the doctor in the field with a clear 3D image of each injured person. Doctors will no longer be needed
In the top row: connectivity in healthy brains, in the bottom row: connectivity in the brains of head-injured people. In the right column: connectivity in the brains of girls and women before menstruation, in the left column: connectivity in the brains of girls and women after menstruation.

Personalized medicine - and gender

Evidence is growing that brain damage in girls, which occurs during puberty, impairs cognitive function and the strength of the brain network
Dr. Catherine Vandorna. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson

This is how the bone marrow reacts to injuries and infections

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Dr. Kathryn Vandorna from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion has developed a new method that allows the monitoring of the formation of immune blood cells in the bone marrow. For this purpose, she used tiny magnetic particles of iron oxide, which
Credit - the research group of Prof. Aviv Metzer and Dr. Tal Shahar

MRI scans can provide information about the iron balance in the brain to help monitor and diagnose various diseases, in a non-invasive manner

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This new measurement method, developed by the doctoral student Shir Filo and Prof. Metzer, will allow the extraction of precise biological values ​​on the brain, so that it will be possible to derive from an MRI test similar indices to those obtained from a test
The MRI device is installed in a lab at the Technion, 2022. Photo: Ya'akov Shloush, Technion Spokesperson

The Technion is establishing the first research MRI center of its kind in the north of the country

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MRI scan. Illustration: Image by Nina Garman from Pixabay

Does your brain look younger or older than its age?

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Gadolinium in MRI - what to do when active follow-up with MRI is necessary after an illness?

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Prof. Lucio Friedman. Photo: Weizmann Institute Spokesperson

It is possible to "watch" brain metabolism using MRI

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Technion researchers have developed new nanometer particles to mark cells for MRI imaging and light microscopy

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MRI image of a human brain. From Wikipedia

The most powerful MRI scanners in the world and what is right for us in the future in the field

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MRI scan. Of the brain. Source: pixabay.com.

A new algorithm based on deep learning almost eliminates the need for gadolinium in MRI scans

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Fluorite crystal - the mineral is mentioned in writings from the 16th century, is used, among other things, for ornamental purposes and is considered one of the most colorful minerals in the world. Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

What does the crystal signify?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Gadolinium in MRI - is it dangerous for us?

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xSPEN imaging of the optic nerve. Including the inhomogeneity in the imaging process itself. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Challenging and resonant

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MRI scan. Of the brain. Source: pixabay.com.

Researchers were able to predict autism with the help of brain MRI as early as six months of age

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Technician and patient in preparation for MRI. Photo: shutterstock

Understand the physics behind the MRI scanner and the NMR device

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Dr. Lior Weizman. Photo: The Technion

A silent MRI scan in a sixth of the time required today

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Dr. Galia Avidan next to the new MRI scanner at Soroka Hospital. Photo: Ben Gurion University

A new study sheds light on the perception of faces among humans

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Image 4 - Reconstruction of the corpus callosum fiber system that connects the right and left sides of the brain. (On the left - in a person, on the right - in a rat).

The transparent mind

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fMRI device for brain imaging. Credit: Coherent Images

New research: learning to read is based on changes in connections in the brain

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Para hydrogen and ortho hydrogen. Photo: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories

Nuclear magnetic resonance without a magnet?

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From the right: Dorja Bhaktavatsela Ra Dasari, Prof. Gershon Kuritsky and Prof. Lucio Friedman.

Warmth and order

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Homer Simpson's brain lobes

A brain scan determines the human ability to ``wonder about your essence''

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Diamonds are ideal as detectors for MRI

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Scientists at IBM have developed a microscope with a resolution 100 million times better than MRI systems that exist today

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Technion researchers have found a way to detect within seconds a radio frequency that has been taken over by pirates

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new diagnostic method developed in Israel allows not only to determine if there is a tumor, but also if it is benign

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