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Medical applications

We have already come a long way in developing non-invasive medical diagnostic technologies. Advanced X-ray techniques, PET and MRI scans are being used to study brains and degenerative diseases such a Alzheimer’s. What’s going on between the grey and the white matter of the brain? Listen to a podcast that outlines how MRI and PET are used to study the brain and make early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.

GALD (Gated Auto-synchronous Luminescence Detector) attaches to a microscope to make the identification of dangerous bacteria in water, blood, or other body fluids much faster, cheaper and easier.