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An eye-opening method for imaging probe delivery

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Michael J. Lander

After a severe stroke or head injury, patients hardly benefit from surgical procedures involving their brains. Yet to assess the extent of post-trauma neuron repair or blood vessel proliferation, medical practitioners usually have to extract a brain tissue sample. Although important for planning correct treatment, the process may slow recovery and could lead to complications. In response to this problem, Philip K. Liu and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital and at Harvard Medical School, both in Charlestown, have created a fully noninvasive diagnostic technique that could be modified...Read full article

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    Published: June 2008
    Biophotonicsbrain tissuebrainsenergyNews & Featurespost-trauma neuron repair

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