This imaging technique uses X-rays to create detailed images of internal structures.
What is a CT scan?
This biologist is famous for developing the concept of tissue engineering in the 1980s.
Who is Joseph M. Fuhrman?
This is a great resource to find ways to get involved on campus & the community, and to connect with peers
What is UB Student Engagement
This technology, often dubbed "the next frontier," involves integrating human biology with electronics to enhance bodily functions.
What is bioelectronics?
This technique uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce images of organs and tissues.
What is MRI?
In 1960, this organization was established to promote the field of biomedical engineering
What is the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society?
This social app allowing users within a certain geographic region to post and comment anonymously is widely popular across college campuses, including UB
What is Yik Yak?
This promising field involves using 3D printing to create custom prosthetics and organ scaffolds.
What is bioprinting?
This imaging method involves injecting a radioactive tracer to visualize physiological processes.
What is PET?
This device, developed by engineers and clinicians in the 1970s, was the first to allow for non-invasive monitoring of blood pressure.
What is the oscillometric blood pressure monitor?
Along with Stony Brook University, UB is one of just two New York State ______ institutions.
What is Flagship?
This innovative technique aims to correct genetic disorders and is often associated with CRISPR technology.
What is gene editing?
This type of imaging is often used in dental diagnostics.
What is X-ray?
This device, created in 1960, helps regulate heart rhythms and was a game-changer in treating arrhythmias.
What is a pacemaker?
When UB was established in 1846, these were the only four majors it offered.
What are medicine, pharmacy, law, and dentistry.
This futuristic concept envisions devices that can continuously monitor health metrics and deliver real-time feedback to patients and doctors.
What is remote health monitoring or wearables?
This imaging technique uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of the inside of the body, particularly useful for visualizing soft tissues and organs.
What is ultrasound.
Developed by Charles Hufnagel, MD, in 1952, the first artificial heart valve, was also known as this.
What is the caged ball the caged ball.
This emerging field combines biology, computer science, and engineering to create personalized medicine solutions.
What is bioinformatics?