Ultrasound: Page 127

Letters blast study linking ultrasound and autism

By Kate Madden Yee

A study published in February in JAMA Pediatrics that suggested a link between the incidence of autism spectrum disorder and prenatal ultrasound is coming under fire by critics who are calling out the study's conclusion as oversimplified at best and inaccurate at worst.

June 10, 2018

FDA clears Sonavex soft-tissue markers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device firm Sonavex has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its EchoMark and EchoMark Low Profile (LP) soft-tissue markers for ultrasound scans.

June 6, 2018

Neural Analytics nabs FDA clearance for robotic ultrasound

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical robotics company Neural Analytics has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its NeuralBot robotic assistance technology.

June 3, 2018

POCUS helps medical students find more AAAs than surgeons

By Kate Madden Yee

With a bit of training, medical students using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can identify more abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) than vascular surgeons can by screening for the condition via physical exam, according to a study published online May 17 in the Annals of Vascular Surgery.

May 31, 2018

Perceptive Navigation scores SBIR grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Perceptive Navigation has received a phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

May 29, 2018

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

May 29, 2018

Cesarean delivery changes the uterine angle

By Kate Madden Yee

Cesarean delivery can change the angle of a woman's uterus from an anteflexed one, in which the fundus faces the abdominal wall, to a retroflexed one, in which it faces the sacrum, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

May 29, 2018

MedaPhor installs 1st BodyWorks Eve simulator

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.K. ultrasound training developer MedaPhor has delivered its first BodyWorks Eve point-of-care ultrasound simulator to the NYU School of Medicine's simulation laboratory at the affiliated Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System NY Campus in New York City.

May 28, 2018

Can AI reliably measure carotid intima-media thickness?

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI) software that combines deep-learning and machine-learning techniques can measure carotid intima-media thickness more accurately than sonographers can, according to research in the July 1 issue of Computers in Biology and Medicine.

May 24, 2018

Which modality works best for diagnosing kidney stones?

By Kate Madden Yee

Which modality works best for diagnosing kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis: digital tomosynthesis, ultrasound, or the current reference standard of multidetector CT? It depends, according to a study published online May 17 in the European Journal of Radiology.

May 23, 2018

Bracco collaborates again with Shanghai Pharmaceuticals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast developer Bracco Imaging is collaborating with longtime partner Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding in China on new R&D activities aimed at applying its ultrasound contrast agent technology for treatment monitoring in oncology.

May 21, 2018

US guide identifies pediatric thyroid biopsy candidates

By Kate Madden Yee

Ultrasound guidelines developed by the American College of Radiology can be trusted to accurately identify pediatric patients who should be biopsied for thyroid cancer, according to research presented on May 18 at the Society for Pediatric Radiology meeting in Nashville, TN.

May 18, 2018

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