Ultrasound: Page 339

Digisonics wins Colorado contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won a contract with a Colorado cardiology group for its DigiNet Pro system.
July 30, 2009
Zonare begins shipping z.one ultra sp
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has initiated shipments of its z.one ultra sp ultrasound scanner.
July 28, 2009
Breast US image analysis helps predict metastasis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer analysis of breast ultrasound studies can allow doctors to predict earlier whether a woman's cancer has metastasized, according to a preliminary pilot study presented Wednesday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting.
July 28, 2009
Connecticut bans keepsake US studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Connecticut this month implemented a law that bans "keepsake" ultrasound studies.
July 28, 2009
SonoSite revenue, income dip in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A slowdown in U.S. hospital capital spending and a stronger U.S. dollar contributed to revenue and income declines for compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite in its second quarter.
July 27, 2009
OIG eyes 'questionable' ultrasound claims, utilization
By Erik L. Ridley
Could ultrasound be the next front in the war over inappropriate imaging utilization? Maybe so, following a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) that found indications that some reimbursement claims for ultrasound services might not be legitimate.
July 22, 2009
How to provide great service in the ultrasound vascular lab
By Erik L. Ridley
In vascular ultrasound labs, it's critical not to focus singularly on the job of scanning patients. It's also important to please those patients, according to a New York City hospital that has changed its focus from getting patients scanned to making patients happy.
July 21, 2009
Digisonics awarded 2 contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has installed its OB-Windows Clinical Reporting workstation at BB Imaging in Buda, TX.
July 19, 2009
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
July 16, 2009
Study: InSightec's ExAblate helps with pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at University Children's Hospital Zurich have completed a feasibility study testing the use of noninvasive transcranial MR-guided focused ultrasound surgery for treating neuropathic pain.
July 13, 2009
Danish mammo study; mitigating sonographer injuries; calcium scanning risk
By Erik L. Ridley
July 13, 2009
A small hospital's experience mitigating sonographer injuries
By Rob VanDoninck and Karen Atkins
Small hospitals without onsite access to high-end imaging modalities such as CT or MRI rely heavily on the diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound. Combined with rising financial pressures and case loads, this can result in high vulnerability to work-related injuries. Contributing writers Rob VanDoninck and Karen Atkins share how their hospital tackled this issue.
July 13, 2009
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