Scanners 'improve brain surgery'
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Specially-adapted scanners can be used to help physicians during brain surgery, a study shows.
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Brain scans could help predict whether people will develop schizophrenia, research suggests.
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A tipple or two can aid recovery from heart surgery,  research suggests.
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A new study will look at the brains  of Alzheimer's patients to see if various scans can chart the  disease and if new drugs can slow it down, doctors said on  Wednesday.
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A medical scan that can pick up brain tumours could also be used to tell whether a person is lying, US researchers have found. When a person is telling the truth they use different parts of their brain than
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Scientists on both sides of the Atlantic are finding better ways to diagnose brain tumours.
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Well-designed studies suggest several ways to improve the brainâs viability.
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Before the new finding, many researchers previously assumed that only invasive brain-computer interfaces, in which electrodes are surgically implanted into the brain, could control complex movements.
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New evidence shows that the human brain can manufacture fresh brain cells, researchers said on Thursday in a study that may lead to better ways to treat brain damage and disease.
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3D scans of faces are set to speed up the diagnosis of rare genetic conditions, scientists say.
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Brain imaging with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) could one day prove more accurate than the polygraph in identifying people who are lying, according to a study presented Nov.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.
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A mannequin skull sits in an MRI machine, about to be filled with a thick, brain-like gel. MRIs are required tests for numerous disorders.
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Security and surveillance efforts could be bolstered by a simple imaging tool, a scientist claims.
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Scientists in Aberdeen say a breakthrough could help improve the vision of thousands of stroke victims.
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A prototype imaging technique that is faster and provides better pictures of internal organs of small animals than existing methods has passed one of its first research evaluations with top marks.
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Distinct differences in the brain activity of paedophiles have been found using scanners, scientists say.