Ultrasound: Page 369

Siemens launches Acuson P50 ultrasound scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, launched a new laptop-based ultrasound scanner, Acuson P50, at the Medica meeting in Germany earlier this month.

November 19, 2007

US-based minimally invasive treatments prove feasible for uterine fibroids

By Shalmali Pal

When it comes to the ultrasound-based treatment of uterine fibroids, clinicians should target patients whose benign tumors are not too big or not too small, according to two new studies. Researchers from Italy found that that percutaneous sonography-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) was particularly adept at shrinking medium-sized fibroids, while a Japanese team found that MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery was an optimal therapy option for fibroids with specific characteristics on preoperative imaging.

November 19, 2007

Gold marker implants for prostate radiotherapy safe, study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

Transrectal gold marker implantation for prostate position verification in radiotherapy is safe and well-tolerated, according to Dutch researchers. They analyzed the complication rates and identified the risk factors for complications in more than 200 prostate cancer patients who had received gold markers transrectally with ultrasound guidance.

November 19, 2007

FDG-PET works for nose cancer staging, study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

FDG-PET can replace conventional workup in primary M staging of nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to researchers at Chang Gung University College of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan. The team compared the diagnostic efficacies of FDG-PET and CWU, as well as a combination of the two, in detecting distant metastasis.

November 14, 2007

B-K Medical introduces new surgical ultrasound scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Analogic subsidiary B-K Medical has launched the Pro Focus OR ultrasound system.

November 13, 2007

Cordis partners with Volcano in Europe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European divisions of interventional device firm Cordis of Waterloo, Belgium, and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano have signed a deal to market IVUS technology to European hospitals.

November 11, 2007

Acusphere reports Q3 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere of Watertown, MA, has posted its financial results for the third quarter.

November 8, 2007

Esaote signs big Chinese contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has won a contract to supply ultrasound scanners to a charity in the People's Republic of China, the company reported.

November 7, 2007

GE adds to cardiac offerings at AHA show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare is releasing a number of new systems at this year's annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Orlando, FL, including a new Signature Vivid S6 cardiovascular ultrasound scanner.

November 7, 2007

Acusphere releases Imagify study data

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

ltrasound contrast developer Acusphere has released data from its phase 3 RAMP-1 (real-time assessment of myocardial perfusion) and RAMP-2 clinical trials for the company's Imagify ultrasound contrast agent.

November 5, 2007

Philips, ImaRx ink research deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, and biopharmaceutical firm ImaRx Therapeutics have formed a research collaboration.

November 4, 2007

Road to RSNA 2007: Ultrasound Preview

By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.

November 4, 2007

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