Daily Archives: September 9, 2008

New Deep Brain Stimulation Sensor Measures Chemical Levels in the Brain

September 9th, 2008 - 8:46 pm

Updated 9/18/08 A Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) consortium of Mayo Clinic physicians, scientists and engineers developed a wireless sensor that can detect chemical activity in the brain. The new system, called a wireless instantaneous neurotransmitter concentration sensor (WINCS), is connected … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery, Research | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (8)

Mayo Clinic Surgeons Propose Measures for Indicating Quality of Lung Surgery

September 9th, 2008 - 5:15 pm

Even though 30,000 patients in the United States undergo lung surgery each year, no standard criteria exist to measure the quality of their care. In the current issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic surgeons have proposed a … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Quality, Research | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)