Ultrasound: Page 319

FAST recommended first for kids with blunt abdominal trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
In many emergency departments, CT exams are the imaging study most frequently ordered for patients admitted with blunt abdominal trauma. However, pediatric surgeons and radiologists from Germany recommend that ultrasound combined with clinical assessment is just as effective, thus avoiding radiation exposure.
May 6, 2010
Solis enrolls patients for ABUS study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solis Women's Health has joined a national clinical study designed to evaluate automated breast ultrasound (ABUS).
May 3, 2010
Ultrasonix nets new Amerinet GPO deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has been awarded approved vendor status with group purchasing organization (GPO) Amerinet.
May 3, 2010
SonoSite forms emergency services alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has signed a partnership with emergency medical response technology provider Physio-Control.
May 2, 2010
Breast MRI improves cancer staging for newly diagnosed women
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced breast MRI finds breast lesions missed on mammography and ultrasound, and can help surgeons plan the best surgical treatment, improving patient outcomes, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 2, 2010
Digisonics wins 2 contract expansions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has expanded two of its contracts.
April 28, 2010
Breast US: A looming tidal wave? And, sigmoidoscopy success; pediatric CT use falls
By Brian Casey
April 28, 2010
Conn. breast density law causes conundrum for mammo sites
By Kate Madden Yee
A new Connecticut law that mandates that women undergoing mammography be informed of their breast tissue density rating could spark increased use of ultrasound for breast cancer screening. But are radiologists ready for the additional workload if similar legislation spreads across the U.S.?
April 28, 2010
Esaote posts 2009 sales gain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Global sales gains contributed to a 5.3% increase in consolidated sales for ultrasound vendor Esaote in 2009.
April 27, 2010
SuperSonic touts breast ultrasound trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer SuperSonic Imagine is highlighting results from a large multicenter trial of its shear-wave elastography system for evaluating breast lesions.
April 26, 2010
SonoSite posts 8% revenue gain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Revenues from its newly acquired CardioDynamics unit contributed to an 8% increase in revenue for compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite in its first quarter.
April 26, 2010
GE targets ultrasound energy reduction
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is joining with other medical device manufacturers to commit to a 25% reduction in average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 2012.
April 25, 2010
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