Ultrasound: Page 142

Can deep learning prevent unnecessary thyroid biopsies?
By Erik L. Ridley
Approximately 90% of biopsies performed on thyroid nodules have benign findings. Deep learning may help many of these patients avoid unnecessary procedures, according to a research team from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, and Arizona State University.
November 1, 2017
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$10 microchip transforms ultrasound from 2D to 3D
By Kate Madden Yee
Researchers from Stanford University and Duke University have developed technology that transforms 2D ultrasound into 3D -- for the cost of a $10 microchip. They will demonstrate their work at this week's American College of Emergency Physicians Research Forum in Washington, DC.
October 31, 2017
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Verasonics buries hatchet with Alpinion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Research ultrasound technology developer Verasonics said it has reached a settlement agreement in its intellectual property dispute with Korean ultrasound firm Alpinion Medical Systems.
October 30, 2017
Time to hit the Road (to RSNA) | Ultrasound on the cheap? | MRI of football players
By Brian Casey
October 30, 2017
Focused ultrasound improves Parkinson's tremors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new trial found that Parkinson's patients who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound had a 62% median improvement in their hand tremor three months later. However, those who underwent a sham procedure also improved to a lesser degree, suggesting some placebo effect, according to the researchers.
October 30, 2017
Deep-learning software boosts breast US performance
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 28 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSJ02-05 | Room E450AWhen it comes to identifying breast cancer, deep-learning software for breast ultrasound achieves diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of radiologists, Swiss researchers have found.
October 30, 2017
Real-time breast US after second opinion averts biopsy
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, November 28 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSG01-08 | Room E451AReal-time ultrasound scans performed after a second-opinion review of outside breast ultrasound studies find additional cancers and high-risk lesions and also prevents unnecessary biopsies, researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have found.
October 30, 2017
Do technologists have more recalls for breast US exams?
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 27 | 3:50 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | SSE01-06 | Arie Crown TheaterDo screening breast ultrasound scans performed by technologists in women with dense tissue lead to more recalls? Find out at this Monday afternoon session.
October 30, 2017
Breast ultrasound's cancer detection rate similar to DBT, mammo
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 27 | 3:00 p.m.-3:10 p.m. | SSE01-01 | Arie Crown TheaterScreening breast ultrasound's cancer detection rate in women with dense tissue is comparable to that of screening mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), according to a study conducted at Brown University.
October 30, 2017
Cancer detection rate of screening ultrasound increases over time
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 27 | 12:15 p.m.-12:45 p.m. | BR225-SD-MOA5 | Lakeside, BR Community, Station 5Over time, the cancer detection rate of screening breast ultrasound increases -- without an increase in biopsies, researchers at Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Rochester, NY, have found.
October 30, 2017
$2K ultrasound probe for iPhones gets FDA nod
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a portable ultrasound transducer that is based on a semiconductor chip, is designed to work with iPhones, and will sell for around $2,000. The device will make imaging accessible to a much broader audience, according to the company.
October 26, 2017
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Neural Analytics wins $10M U.S. Army contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Neural Analytics has won a $10 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply it with a portable point-of-injury version of its Lucid M1 transcranial Doppler ultrasound unit to assess combat-related traumatic brain injury.
October 26, 2017
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