Ultrasound: Page 320

Digisonics adds client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has received an order from Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, TX.
April 20, 2010
Thyroid elastography may reduce unnecessary FNA biopsies
By Erik L. Ridley
A significant percentage of thyroid nodule fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies lead to benign findings. But use of thyroid elastography may avoid the need for biopsy in many of these patients, according to research published in the April issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
April 20, 2010
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VisualSonics, Bracco debut new software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Microimaging technology developer VisualSonics and contrast agent developer Bracco have launched VevoCQ advanced quantification software tools for the Vevo 2100 linear-array-based high-frequency ultrasound imaging system.
April 18, 2010
Esaote inks Italian deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Esaote has signed an agreement to implement its cardiac information system and PACS software in the cardiology departments of the Villa Maria Group in Italy.
April 15, 2010
Computer analysis bolsters liver elastography performance
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-enhanced dynamic analysis of ultrasound elastography movies is a useful and reliable method for depicting liver hardness, yielding a high level of interreader agreement, according to research published April 14 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.
April 13, 2010
GMI buys Trident Imaging Services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound service provider Global Medical Imaging (GMI) has acquired Trident Imaging Services of League City, TX.
April 12, 2010
Digisonics nabs OB-Windows contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has inked two contracts for its OB-Windows software.
April 8, 2010
Low-cost US device shows promise for carotid screening
By Erik L. Ridley
While strokes caused by carotid artery stenosis are preventable, duplex ultrasound screening has failed to demonstrate cost-effectiveness. The developers of an inexpensive ultrasound device hope to change the equation with a two-step screening process analogous to the practice of mammography.
April 8, 2010
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Radiologists dissatisfied with ultrasound features on PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Lagging ultrasound functionality available on PACS software has long been a sore point with many radiologists. And it remains so today, according to a recent survey that found that radiologists were less happy with ultrasound PACS functionality compared to users of other modalities.
April 7, 2010
Carotid ultrasound may help predict cardiac events
By Eric Barnes
Performing ultrasound studies of carotid intima-media thickness provides long-term prognostic value for adverse cardiac events, giving doctors important clues about who is at risk for a heart attack, according to a study published April 6 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
April 7, 2010
TechniScan nets bridge financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has closed on the first $1.85 million of a proposed $2.5 million in bridge financing.
April 5, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
April 4, 2010
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