Ultrasound: Page 219

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
May 18, 2014
Echo screening cost-effective after childhood chemo
By Eric Barnes
Young cancer patients treated with chemotherapy can be screened cost-effectively throughout their adult lives with echocardiography to help them live longer, according to a pair of just-released studies in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
May 18, 2014
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Digisonics installs CVIS in Fla.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Digisonics has installed its cardiovascular information system (CVIS) at a site in Florida.
May 18, 2014
Study: Do fetal anatomy US scans earlier in obese women
By Erik L. Ridley
Morbidly obese pregnant women face a greater risk of poor outcomes and can be difficult to image adequately on prenatal ultrasound. For that reason, fetal anatomy ultrasound scans should be performed earlier in these women, with the optimal gestational age for scans dropping as body mass index goes up.
May 18, 2014
Experience matters in point-of-care ultrasound
By Erik L. Ridley
Experienced sonologists had significantly higher sensitivity for diagnosing appendicitis with point-of-care ultrasound than sonologists with less experience, in a study from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Either way, though, it's important not to rely only on point-of-care ultrasound to rule out the condition.
May 18, 2014
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SIIM: DICOM structured reports speed ultrasound reporting
By Erik L. Ridley
LONG BEACH, CA - Implementing ultrasound DICOM structured reporting tools yields a significant improvement in dictation times over conventional reporting methods, according to a study presented on Friday at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting.
May 16, 2014
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Analogic secures deal with D&K Technologies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging firm Analogic has reached an agreement to distribute D&K Technologies' BioJet system.
May 15, 2014
Outpatient echo code bundling has unintended effects
By Kate Madden Yee
When Medicare began code bundling for echocardiography scans in 2009, the move produced a sharp drop in outpatient claims from cardiologists -- which was expected. But the success of code bundling could have unintended effects for both echocardiography and other imaging exams, according to a study in the May Journal of the American College of Radiology.
May 14, 2014
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Olympus rolls out new ultrasound processor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Olympus has launched its EU-ME2 ultrasound processor designed to integrate endoscopic and endobronchial ultrasound images on a single workstation.
May 14, 2014
Zonare completes NY installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Zonare has installed three ZS3 ultrasound scanners at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, NY.
May 13, 2014
Fuji SonoSite creates CVC safety program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm SonoSite has created a new patient-safety program designed to help hospitals reduce complications during central venous catheter (CVC) insertion.
May 13, 2014
SuperSonic signs with GPO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SuperSonic Imagine has signed a three-year agreement with group purchasing organization (GPO) Resource Optimization and Innovation.
May 12, 2014
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