Medical Lens

It’s the part of the eye exam everyone hates: the pupil-dilating eye drops. Your eyes remain blurry for several hours afterwards, often making the process inconvenient for both patient and doctor. The reason for the dilation is to keep the iris from constricting, and is used for routine examination and [...]

According to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Conference in Manchester, England, the amount a heart ‘bleeds’ following a heart attack can predict the severity of future heart failure. Over 40 percent of people who suffer from a heart attack will be affected by bleeding, or bruising in the [...]

More and more biometric systems are being used for security in public places, buildings such as airports, or security-related areas like data centers. The greater the proliferation of such systems, the greater the probability of methods designed to circumvent or outwit them.  This, in turn, requires the development of [...]

The National Cancer Institute reports that prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, second only to skin cancer. Following lung cancer, prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States. Light reflectance spectroscopy has been used by surgeons during prostate [...]