Ultrasound: Page 284

Siemens sponsors ultrasound research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has underwritten a $20,000 grant from the Emergency Medicine Foundation for point-of-care ultrasound research in emergency settings.
June 19, 2011
Medipattern touts vascular US study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medipattern is touting a study that compared color-flow Doppler ultrasound to standard 2D grayscale ultrasound using the company's Visualize:Vascular software, which is designed for 3D visualization of the carotid arteries.
June 16, 2011
Philips wins Texas ultrasound contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has inked a contract with a Texas hospital for its iE33 xMatrix ultrasound system with real-time 3D transesophageal echocardiography.
June 16, 2011
Zonare highlights z.one upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has unveiled performance and workflow enhancements for its z.one ultrasound platform at the Society for Vascular Surgery annual meeting in Chicago.
June 15, 2011
Echocardiography improves gene therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echocardiography can improve the success rate of gene therapy, according to research presented this week at the American Society of Echocardiography annual scientific sessions in Montreal.
June 12, 2011
GE touts Optison safety study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said that new safety data on its Optison ultrasound contrast agent were presented at this week's American Society of Echocardiography scientific sessions in Montreal.
June 12, 2011
Doppler US may help identify infant allergies to cow's milk
By Cynthia E. Keen
Doppler ultrasound may be a viable screening tool to help diagnose infants with allergies to cow's milk, suggests an article published online in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 12, 2011
Indian radiologists act on sex-selective abortions
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Between 4 million and 12 million female fetuses were aborted in India between 1980 and 2010, according to a new study in Lancet. Ultrasound still seems to be used widely to facilitate sex-selective abortions. What do the country's radiologists think?
June 8, 2011
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Acusphere reaches deal with FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has signed a special protocol assessment agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the design of a new phase III study of its Imagify agent.
June 7, 2011
Cook touts multicenter biopsy study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Cook Medical is touting a study that suggests a new large-core biopsy needle used with an endoscopic ultrasound scope can aid pathologists in diagnosing multiple types of cancers in various target tissues with a high degree of accuracy.
June 6, 2011
MRI with transrectal US improves prostate cancer diagnosis
By Wayne Forrest
A technique in which MRI scans are fused with transrectal ultrasound images to guide biopsies may replace systematic biopsies to improve diagnoses for patients with prostate cancer, as well as aid those with a small amount of low-grade cancer undergoing surveillance.
June 6, 2011
MedPro adds 4D transducer repair
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound dealer MedPro Imaging announced that its Advanced Probe Repair Division has added 4D transducer repair capabilities at its Longmont, CO, facility.
June 6, 2011
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