A test that one expert calls "the iPod of medical imaging" is emerging as an important tool for visualizing plaque buildup in patients with known coronary artery disease. But a new study offers ...

It gives us a new way to examine the early phase of plaque formation ... by a dye then glows under the laser light, and the image can be captured by fluorescence microscope.

Scientists believe they may have identified the true in vivo structure of the senile plaques that are characteristically found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. A team of ...

Alois Alzheimer first imaged amyloid plaques in 1906 by examining dead tissue under the microscope, but their clinical significance has remained undetermined. Now, nearly a century later ...

Third, because amyloid-β plaques and tau tangles occupy only ... In both cases, fluorescence from the dye was visualized under a light microscope and used to identify the areas of interest.

These cells tend to pile up and form spots, bumps, and thick scaly patches called plaques. Your doctor ... where a specialist will look at it under a microscope. It might be a few days before ...