In patients with hemophilia, bleeding commonly leads to degenerative arthropathy, making it critical to identify joint abnormalities and their severity at an early stage in order to initiate ...

Q: I hurt my thumb and the orthopedist referred me to a physical therapist. In order to immobilize/rest it, the PT made a brace for me. We also discussed exercises and other things I could do, and I ...

Musculoskeletal ultrasound is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to capture images of the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints of the body. It is used to diagnose sprains, tears, and other soft ...

The researchers combined two imaging methods, rotational ultrasound tomography (RUST) and photoacoustic tomography (PAT), to create a hybrid modality christened RUS-PAT. Ultrasonography provides a ...

Generally, X-rays are used to examine bones, while MRI and ultrasound are used to look at softer tissues. But an emerging method is adapting X-ray to image soft tissue, so that its higher resolution ...

The Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, the nonprofit parent entity of the Mayo Clinic, is a worldwide research powerhouse that is assigned numerous U.S. patents each year. Mayo ...