A quick look inside a human being

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The iMPI scanner (left) provides new insights into the human body. Here you can
The iMPI scanner (left) provides new insights into the human body. Here you can see a constriction in a blood vessel - recorded with conventional X-rays (b), with the scanner (c) and in a combination of both techniques (d). (Image: Patrick Vogel / Stefan Herz)
Physicists at the University of Würzburg have succeeded in making a new imaging technique ready for use on humans. Radioactive markers and radiation are not necessary for this.

Imaging techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and ultrasound have become indispensable in the medical world. Each method not only opens up unique insights into the inside of people, but also allows physicians to draw conclusions about defects or functional processes in the human body.

A team of physicists and medical doctors from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) has now succeeded in making another - and radiation-free - imaging technology ready for use on humans. Its name: Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). ...
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