Ultrasound: Page 297

Fusion imaging system enables ablation of liver tumors undetectable at US
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 28 | 11:05 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | SSA24-03 | Room E350A real-time fusion imaging system that combines ultrasound with CT or MRI allows liver tumors to be targeted and ablated that otherwise would not have been detected on ultrasound, according to this study to be presented on Sunday.
November 18, 2010
Technical issues render US-guided HCC ablation unfeasible
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 28 | 10:45 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | SSA24-01 | Room E350Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation is one of the best options for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) lesions, which are often considered inoperable. But the procedure is technically unfeasible in nearly 40% of candidates for a variety of reasons, say researchers from South Korea.
November 18, 2010
GE donates Vscan US units for use in Africa
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has donated 10 of its Vscan ultrasound pocket-sized visualization units to the Vatican's Good Samaritan Foundation for use in Africa.
November 17, 2010
RSNA report templates improve US report turnaround time
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 30 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-QSE3035-TUB | Lakeside Learning CenterThe use of RSNA reporting templates and a speech recognition software system can provide a faster way to generate near-real-time reporting for priority and "stat" ultrasound exams, according to radiologists from Aga Khan University Hospital in Pakistan.
November 17, 2010
Natural language processing helps mine data on follow-up imaging exams
By Cynthia E. Keen
Tuesday, November 30 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSG08-03 | Room S402ABIn this scientific session, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston discuss how they used a natural language processing program to mine data to analyze trends in recommendation rates over a 16-year period for high-cost versus low-cost imaging exams following a primary abdominal ultrasound study.
November 17, 2010
Zonare partners with St. Jude Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has signed a development and marketing agreement with St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN.
November 16, 2010
Survey finds lack of radiation awareness among radiology professionals
By Wayne Forrest
Wednesday, December 1 | 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | SSK08-08 | Room S102DHow many radiology professionals believe that MRI and ultrasound use ionizing radiation? A worldwide poll of radiology professionals found that 13% believe ionizing radiation is used in MRI scans, while 15% say ionizing radiation is used in ultrasound.
November 16, 2010
Aloka transducers compatible with ASP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Aloka has announced that its intraoperative transducers are compatible with sterilization methods of the Sterrad NX and Sterrad 100NX systems from Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP).
November 15, 2010
Handheld US market could reach $1.2B
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Driven by technological advances in size, imaging quality, ultrasound depth, and 3D and 4D capabilities, the U.S. handheld ultrasound market is expected to exceed $1.2 billion by 2016, according to a new report from market research firm iData Research.
November 15, 2010
MedaPhor to bring ScanTrainer to U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. ultrasound training developer MedaPhor has signed Rotherfield Technologies of Bradenton, FL, as a nonexclusive U.S. distributor for its ScanTrainer ultrasound training simulator.
November 15, 2010
Panasonic debuts CardioHealth Station
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Panasonic has introduced CardioHealth Station, a device that features a built-in portable ultrasound system for noninvasive examination of the carotid arteries.
November 15, 2010
Elastography CAD application equals radiologist interpretation
By Brian Casey
Wednesday, December 1 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSK12-06 | Room N229In a positive early finding, South Korean researchers found that the use of a computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm to generate ultrasound elasticity scores in thyroid scans worked as well as radiologists generating the scores on their own.
November 14, 2010
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