Dear Ultrasound Insider,
February is the month of Valentine's Day, and fittingly, this Ultrasound Insider features matters of the heart.
For example, University of Buffalo researchers recently tested how contrast agents in echocardiography can potentially help guide aortic valve surgeries. Read what they found in this edition's Insider Exclusive.
Also, a group from the University of California, San Diego developed a wearable patch and a deep-learning method that captures cardiac ultrasound images in real-time. Find out how the device works, as well as what's next for it.
And most Medicare patients at risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm are not receiving ultrasound screening for it, according to a study conducted by a Stanford University team.
In other news, the AuntMinnie.com team will be covering the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR). Be sure to check out our stories coming from the congress beginning on March 1, but in the meantime, read what technology trends experts are looking forward to in Vienna.
Plus, check out the following recent ultrasound stories:
- Researchers from South Korea tested six different TI-RADS systems to see which is best for risk stratification of thyroid nodules found on ultrasound.
- A University of California, San Francisco team explored whether extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma could improve the diagnostic screening performance of the national emergency X-radiography utilization study (NEXUS) chest clinical decision instrument.
- University of Illinois experts found that combining historical clinical data with quantitative ultrasound data could better identify pregnant women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth.
- A nonprofit group highlighted a successful mission to Haiti, where sonographers taught physicians how to use point-of-care ultrasound in cardiac imaging.
Find more articles like these by regularly visiting your Ultrasound Community!