Ultrasound: Page 176

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

August 30, 2016

Indian radiologists set to go on strike

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Escalating their ongoing protest over a law aimed at reducing gender-specific feticide, radiologists in India will go on strike and not operate their ultrasound systems as of September 1, according to an article published in the Hindu Business Line.

August 29, 2016

Ultrasound jump-starts patient's brain after coma

By Erik L. Ridley

A team from the University of California, Los Angeles has successfully used ultrasound to jump-start a patient's brain as he recovered from a coma, restoring full consciousness and language comprehension within three days of the procedure.

August 25, 2016

Imaging accreditation with quality and ease: Part 4

By Judith Buckland

In the fourth installment of this series, Judith Buckland from consulting firm CardioServ offers more tips on how to comply with the latest accreditation requirements for quality improvement from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

August 25, 2016

MRgFUS shows effectiveness for essential tremor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy can produce dramatic and lasting improvements in patients with moderate to severe essential tremor, according to a multicenter clinical trial published in the August 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

August 24, 2016

Imaging detects telltale signs of Zika infection

By Brian Casey

Radiologists reviewing medical imaging scans of babies and fetuses in cases of suspected Zika infection can expect to see a number of telltale brain abnormalities, including loss of gray- and white-matter volume and a "collapsed" appearance of the skull. That's according to a report on the devastating virus published August 23 in Radiology.

August 23, 2016