Development of a new Imaging Technology

   One major aspect of BME is the development and usage of imaging technology in the medical field to diagnose certain diseases. This is one way how Biomedical engineering can benefit society. New imaging technologis and improvements on modern ones are constantly occuring in the BME world, as is the case with the Purdue University.   Biomedical Engineering professor Ji-Xin Cheng indicates that this new imaging technology can take precise 3-D images of plaques lining arteries, which is essential in diagnosing certain heart failures. This new Imaging technology measues ultrasound signals from molecules that are exposed to a " fast-pulsing" laser.
      The effects of this new technology is that it reveals Carbon-hydrogen bond presence in arterial plaques, the very same plaques that cause heart disease.  This technology is not only limited in heart cindutions, it might also be used to detect fat molecules in muscles, in order for the diagnois of diabetes as well as other disorders relating lipids, such as nuerological conditions and brain traumas,
    With the usage of a " nanosecond laser", it generates molecular vibrations or wavelengths that are not absorbed bythe blood.The laser causes tissue to heat and expad, creating pressure waves, thus detecting lipis and fatty plaques clogged in the arteries.

"Finding cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, etc." USA Today [Magazine] Oct. 2011: 4+. General OneFile. Web. 11 Dec. 2011.

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