Word: brezinski
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brezinski was one of 10 persons in the medical field to receive the award...
...Paul E. Kanjorski (D-Pa.), who represents Brezinski's hometown of Nanticoke, said in a press release Brezinski was extremely worthy of the award...
...work Brezinski was honored for deals with a new imaging technology called "optical coherence tomography (OCT)." Brezinski worked in collaboration with James G. Fujimoto, a professor...
Using infrared light, OCT can produce images at the cellular and even the sub-cellular level. Brezinski believes OCT will improve the detection and prevention of heart attacks, early detection of cancer and identification of arthritis in its early stages...
...Angiograms are only able to pick up large plaques which are one cause of heart attacks. However, there's currently no technology available in medicine that can detect small plaques, which cause over 50 percent of heart attacks" Brezinski said. "But early tests have suggested that OCT is able to do this...