Ultrasound: Page 233

Digisonics adds appropriate use to CVIS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has added appropriate use functionality to its cardiovascular information system (CVIS).

October 13, 2013

Nonrads now performing bulk of US-guided procedures

By Kate Madden Yee

Radiologists no longer predominate in the performance of ultrasound-guided procedures, which may have implications for the quality of patient care, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

October 13, 2013

Calif. sues for-profit college over 'phantom' tech programs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The state of California is suing a for-profit college, charging the company with advertising educational programs that do not actually exist for radiologic technologists and other professions.

October 10, 2013

Panel recommends new US criteria for judging viable pregnancy

By Erik L. Ridley

To lower the risk of incorrectly diagnosing a pregnancy as nonviable, more-stringent criteria for ultrasound scans should be used to determine if a first-trimester pregnancy cannot result in a live-born baby, advised a multispecialty panel in an article published October 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

October 9, 2013

Making a Difference as a Sonographer: Help this person

By Doug Wuebben

In the first article of a new series, cardiac sonographer Doug Wuebben reminds sonographers never to forget the importance of their work and its effects on patients' lives.

October 8, 2013

Lancet: Angiography busts theory of venous link to MS

By Eric Barnes

Countering prior findings that cerebrospinal venous narrowing and multiple sclerosis (MS) go hand in hand, a study incorporating both x-ray venography and ultrasound found that venous narrowing is unrelated to MS. The new results were published online October 9 in Lancet.

October 7, 2013