Ultrasound: Page 134

Turkey prepares to offer huge imaging supply contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Turkish government will soon offer a supply contract for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of medical imaging and patient monitoring equipment, according to a report in Medtech Insight.
June 19, 2018
Bay Labs wins FDA nod for AI echocardiography software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Artificial intelligence (AI) software developer Bay Labs has garnered U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its EchoMD AutoEF automated echocardiography analysis software.
June 18, 2018
Group reveals work on hybrid acoustic-optical imaging
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers from the California Institute of Technology have developed an imaging technique that combines optical with acoustic imaging. They believe it could someday offer a viable alternative to screening mammography, according to a paper published online June 15 in Nature Communications.
June 18, 2018
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Value of AAA screening drops as smoking declines
By Erik L. Ridley
Mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has dropped sharply over the past two decades, thanks to lower smoking rates -- and this trend is reducing the value of ultrasound AAA screening programs, according to a large Swedish study published in Lancet.
June 15, 2018
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Ultrasound links meat allergen to heart disease
By Kate Madden Yee
Using intravascular ultrasound, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health have found a link between sensitivity to an allergen in red meat and plaque buildup in the heart's arteries, according to a study published online June 14 in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.
June 14, 2018
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Stress echo beats CCTA for evaluating chest pain
By Kate Madden Yee
Stress echocardiography is a safe method of evaluating chest pain in patients who present to the emergency department, resulting in lower rates of hospitalization and shorter hospital stays when compared with coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a study published online June 13 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
June 13, 2018
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Acertara awarded patent for probe testing device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound acoustic measurement and testing firm Acertara Acoustic Laboratories has been awarded a U.S. patent for a device designed to test diagnostic ultrasound probes.
June 12, 2018
AIUM taps Barr as new editor in chief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) has appointed Dr. Richard Barr, PhD, as the next editor in chief of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
June 12, 2018
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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
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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
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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
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