Ultrasound: Page 356

Esaote wins big Chinese contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian ultrasound firm Esaote has signed a large contract with a Chinese nongovernmental organization for purchase of the Genoa-based firm's ultrasound scanners.
October 15, 2008
B-K Medical signs Amerinet deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
B-K Medical has signed a three-year agreement to provide surgical ultrasound systems, related accessories, and supplies to group purchasing organization Amerinet.
October 15, 2008
Volcano launches new products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intravascular ultrasound developer Volcano has rolled out its new PrimeWire pressure guidewire and the s5-fractional flow reserve (FFR) option for its installed base of s5 and s5i imaging consoles in the U.S.
October 15, 2008
Ultrasonix names Vietnam distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian ultrasound developer Ultrasonix Medical continues to expand its distribution network.
October 14, 2008
GE, Boston Scientific team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and interventional device developer Boston Scientific have agreed to a cardiovascular imaging collaboration.
October 13, 2008
Acusphere's Imagify to get FDA review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere said that its Imagify contrast agent will be reviewed during a planned public meeting of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee on December 10.
October 12, 2008
GE puts AcuNav ICE on Vivid i
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has added support for the AcuNav intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) catheter to its Vivid i ultrasound scanner, and is launching the enhanced system at this week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting in Washington, DC.
October 12, 2008
Breast ultrasound CAD helps doctors find smaller lesions
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast ultrasound computer-aided detection (CAD) appears to help doctors more consistently find lesions smaller than 1 cm, according to a study conducted by Chinese researchers. And using a single reader with CAD produces comparable results to using two readers to interpret breast ultrasound, the group found.
October 9, 2008
Simpler US screening for DVT; breast MRI and mastectomies
By Brian Casey
October 8, 2008
Two-point US exam keeps up with whole-leg US in detecting DVT
By Erik L. Ridley
A serial two-point compression ultrasound study produced equivalent performance to whole-leg ultrasound in diagnosing suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a large-scale, multicenter trial published in the October 8 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
October 8, 2008
AHRA, Toshiba offer grant program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems and the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) association have created a Patient First grant program.
October 5, 2008
CEUS shines in complex cystic renal masses
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) bested unenhanced ultrasound and CT for detecting cancer in complex cystic renal masses, according to research from Cattinara Hospital in Trieste, Italy.
October 2, 2008
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