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Blood-Pressure Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Blood-Pressure Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic

While many new technologies promise to improve our quality of life, some of the well-established ones are as important as ever. Many people have been in hospitals under critical care this year, and that entails continuous monitoring of these patients’ blood pressure. Merit Sensor knows what matters most for reliable blood-pressure sensors.

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	PET radiotracer is safe and effective for imaging malignant brain tumors A first-in-human study presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020 Annual Meeting has demonstrated the safety, favorable pharmacokinetic and dosimetry profile of 64Cu-EBRGD, a new, relatively long-lived PET tracer, in patients with glioblastomas.

	Total-body dynamic PET scans can produce high-quality images of metastatic cancer Results from the first study using uEXPLORER to conduct total-body dynamic positron emission tomography (PET) scans in cancer patients show that it can be used to generate high-quality images of metastatic cancer.

	uEXPLORER TB-PET/CT scanner captures complete picture of systemic inflammatory arthritis For the first time, physicians can examine the systemic burden of inflammatory arthritis simultaneously across all joints and organ systems, using the high-sensitivity, high-resolution uEXPLORER total-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (TB-PET/CT) scanner.

	Wearable technology for health-related applications There is more than cool looks about hip clothing for top performance: Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate.