Originally published in The Ottawa Citizen, August 6, 2005
Original Title: Sounds Like a Good Idea
New ultrasound technologies offer valuable diagnostic tools
The application of new technologies and research has the potential to revolutionize medical diagnostic imaging, diagnosis and treatment.
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Category: TechnologyFour exciting good-news medical stories warrant more exposure. Two of the stories report research into restoring the sight of visually impaired people. The other two stories demonstrate ultrasound technology advances to treat prostate cancer and improve medical diagnostic imaging.
We are living in an exciting age of new therapies and medical technological advancement. This advancement is due to ongoing research and development in areas such as microchip design, medical imaging (e.g. MRI and PET scans), materials science, biological agents, genetics, virology, microbiology, tissue receptor identification, stem cells and nanotechnology among others.
