A giggling toddler in a pink dress and matching headphones lies down on her back in front of a gigantic whirling machine. A pillowy headrest cushions her head. She seems unfazed as she’s slowly ...

At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER, or NX, is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging. With a 10-fold ...

As I fix my gaze on a white cross positioned before me, I quickly realise the most challenging aspect of having my brain activity monitored is the struggle to stay awake. For 10 minutes, I must remain ...

To understand how the brain works, researchers typically present study subjects in a brain scanner with simple stimuli, like a number against a black background, to see which regions of the brain ...

EMVision (ASX:EMV), seeking to disrupt the brain scanner tech space, has sent off a second ‘Emu‘ bedside scanner to a US-based Mayo Clinic site for testing. Shortly to be put to the test in the ...

The skull is so effective at protecting the brain that it has impeded the progress of neuroscience. In particular: A nice, thick skull poses challenges for imaging the brain in natural environments or ...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has transformed our view of the brain, allowing researchers to pinpoint areas associated with everything from depression and dementia to playing chess ...