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摘要

A new computational technique[1] developed by scientists at UCL and Imperial College London could provide doctors with a method for rapid,finely detailed brain imaging using sound waves.They envisage that a small compact device capable of delivering ultrasound would have the potential for portability via ambulance to enable fast assessment of patients prior to arrival at hospital.The researchers are confident the technology will be safe as it uses similar sound intensities as existing ultrasound scanning.With the device designed to be worn like a helmet it also overcomes barriers to bone penetration.The new approach is of special value in patients investigated for stroke-the second commonest cause of death and commonest cause of adult neurological disability-where rapid,universally applicable,high-fidelity imaging is essential.Lead author Dr Lluis Guasch,of Imperial's Department of Earth Science and Engineering,said:"An imaging technique that has already revolutionised one field-seismic imaging-now has the potential to revolutionise another-brain imaging."