But newfangled artery-imaging techniques used in the study, touted as a way to speed drug development, caused problems as well.
Three different studies using imaging techniques to measure how much plaque built up in patients' arteries will be presented at the meeting.
Imaging techniques are so good that geologists can approximate standing inside a rock formation to look for the spots most likely to hold oil.
Remarkable new imaging techniques do not necessarily lead to better outcomes.
Fifteen years ago, heart researchers started touting a possible shortcut: use fancy ultrasound imaging techniques to peer inside arteries and see whether a drug removes plaque.
The Initiative will include a large-scale effort to map the topography of the brain, from cells to circuits, which will first require some more sophisticated imaging techniques.
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Referrals for PFO closure began picking up steam in the 1990s as new imaging techniques showed that a large percentage of patients with cryptogenic strokes had the flap.
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The recent energy bill opened the door to this resource by directing Interior to conduct a complete inventory of reserves along the shelf, including the use of cutting-edge 3-D seismic imaging techniques.
Working independently of those large projects, bioengineers in university labs have drawn on recent advances in nanoscale lithography, miniature microscopy, genetic engineering and biochemical imaging techniques to build new tools to reveal relationships between brain cells.
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Researchers at 11 institutions are mapping the largest conduits among brain regions by combining four imaging techniques, including a new method called diffusion magnetic-resonance imaging that allows researchers for the first time to accurately map the white matter of nerve fibers.
It hints that investors, instead of pouring money into the next cancer-drug startup, may want to place their bets on companies developing better tumor imaging and minimally invasive surgery techniques that could have a bigger impact.
Over the years, survival rates have improved as a result of more accurate imaging studies and better anaesthetic and operative techniques.
But XTO, with a smaller capital structure than the supermajors', is happy to invest in the neglected fields, using new techniques of 3-D imaging, horizontal drilling and so-called fracture stimulation--blowing open rock formations by injecting mudlike fluids down wells to get at big methane reservoirs.
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