Brain death determination sits at the fraught intersection of critical-care medicine, ethics, and organ-donation logistics. Missteps risk either prolonging mechanical support with no prospect of ...

For decades, scientists have tried to peer deep inside the human brain using beams of harmless near-infrared light. The technique, called functional near-infrared spectroscopy, or fNIRS, has become a ...

Multiple Contusions. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the large areas of traumatic contusion, which consist of hemorrhage and surrounding edema, in the left inferior frontal lobe and the left ...

New blood tests promise to detect malignancies before they’ve spread. But proving that these tests actually improve outcomes ...

Temporal Pole Contusion. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the area of traumatic contusion, which consists of hemorrhage and surrounding edema, in the left anterior temporal lobe. Along with the ...

It's a stark contrast to conditions in Gaza ... Last year, he was operated on in Gaza for a brain tumor pressing down on his optic nerve. His mother says the hospital was unable to do MRI scans before ...

Still, every CT scan exposes you to a certain level of radiation, and a CT scan with contrast may produce better results than one without. It may also prevent the need for a repeated scan.

Frankie Maldonado, the Director of Operations for Life Guard Imaging joins Gayle Guyardo, the host of Bloom, to talk about ...

Although it’s too soon to use the new results in the clinic, the test provides advantages over previously reported ‘clocks’ — ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that helps clinicians identify brain activity ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the cerbrum contains less than 20 percent of the neurons in our brain. Eighty ...