Synthetic imagery sets new bar in AI training efficiency

MIT CSAIL researchers innovate with synthetic imagery to train AI, paving the way for more efficient and bias-reduced machine learning.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 20, 2023 ~7 min

A new ultrasound patch can measure how full your bladder is

The wearable device, designed to monitor bladder and kidney health, could be adapted for earlier diagnosis of cancers deep within the body.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Nov. 16, 2023 ~7 min


Brain ‘fingerprint’ could predict future psychiatric issues

Looking at functional network connectivity in the brains of adolescents could offer a biomarker for future psychiatric issues.

Noelle Toumey Reetz-Georgia State • futurity
Nov. 8, 2023 ~7 min

Dental X-rays are safe without the lead apron

The risk of radiation exposure from dental X-rays is low, say experts. It's so low that you don't actually need that lead apron.

Helene Ragovin-Tufts • futurity
Nov. 8, 2023 ~6 min

Using AI to optimize for rapid neural imaging

MIT CSAIL researchers combine AI and electron microscopy to expedite detailed brain network mapping, aiming to enhance connectomics research and clinical pathology.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Nov. 6, 2023 ~7 min

2023-24 Takeda Fellows: Advancing research at the intersection of AI and health

Thirteen new graduate student fellows will pursue exciting new paths of knowledge and discovery.

School of Engineering • mit
Nov. 2, 2023 ~18 min

Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain

New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 24, 2023 ~5 min

Innovative imaging maps area of brain linked to speech

New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 24, 2023 ~5 min


A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI

Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.

Rohini Subrahmanyam • harvard
Oct. 17, 2023 ~5 min

How a disgruntled scientist looking to prove his food wasn't fresh discovered radioactive tracers and won a Nobel Prize 80 years ago

Some Nobel Prize-winning ideas originate in strange places, but still go on to revolutionize the scientific field. George de Hevesy’s research on radioactive tracers is one such example.

Sean Liddick, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University • conversation
Oct. 5, 2023 ~9 min

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