Ultrasound: Page 372

Toshiba, TomTec to partner on cardiac 4D ultrasound
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems of Tokyo has inked an agreement with TomTec Imaging Systems of Munich to produce tools for assessing cardiac 4D data, the company announced.
December 5, 2007
CEUS aids in discriminating hypoechoic prostate lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced grayscale transrectal ultrasound (CETRUS) may offer value in characterizing peripheral zone hypoechoic prostate lesions, according to research presented at the recent 2007 RSNA meeting in Chicago. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound offers an innovative approach for imaging neovascularity associated with prostate cancer, the team from China reported.
December 5, 2007
InSightec raises $30 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec of Haifa, Israel, announced it has received financing totaling $30 million, which will be used for research and development, marketing and sales, and general corporate purposes.
November 29, 2007
Triple-negative breast cancers show marked clinical features
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Women diagnosed with triple negative (TN) breast cancer -- in which the tumor is estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative, and HER2-negative -- tend to have fewer treatment options and worse prognoses than women with non-TN tumors. But certain characteristics and imaging features may help clinicians diagnose these tumors earlier, according to a presentation at the RSNA 2007 meeting.
November 28, 2007
US guidance needles away the pain of rotator cuff calcific tendinitis
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - A 15-minute, inexpensive procedure using ultrasound guidance and local anesthesia can relieve severe, disabling shoulder pain caused by calcific tendinitis of the rotator cuff, according to physicians from Italy. In a presentation at the RSNA 2007 meeting, they described the details of procedure and reported the results from nearly 2,800 patients who received the treatment.
November 28, 2007
Zonare hits 1K milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, announced it has recently shipped its 1,000th z.one ultrasound system.
November 26, 2007
Esaote, TechniScan partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has signed a technology sharing and financial partnership agreement with ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS) of Salt Lake City.
November 25, 2007
Radiologists retain dominance of emergency US, x-ray exams
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Despite recent attempts by emergency medicine physicians to secure a major role for their specialty in emergency department ultrasound and x-ray studies, radiologists still retain overwhelming control over the exams, according to a presentation Monday at the 2007 RSNA meeting.
November 25, 2007
Breast US boosts cancer detection, but with more false positives
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Breast ultrasound can detect mammographically occult early-stage cancer, but there is still a substantial risk of false positives (FP), according to initial results of the ACRIN 6666 trial presented Monday at the RSNA 2007 meeting.
November 25, 2007
Medipattern gets Mexico install, adds distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern of Toronto announced it has installed its B-CAD 2.2 breast ultrasound CAD software at a facility in Mexico, and has added a Canadian distributor.
November 24, 2007
CEUS performs well with cystic pancreatic masses
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) compares favorably with MRI in displaying anatomic features of cystic pancreatic masses, according to research published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. A team from the University of Verona in Italy and New York University Medical Center in New York City compared unenhanced sonography, contrast-enhanced sonography, and MRI in displaying the anatomic features of cystic pancreatic masses greater than 1.5 mm in diameter.
November 22, 2007
New contrast agent could replace some nuclear stress testing with echo
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in the U.K. believe that an investigative echocardiography contrast agent could soon be used to replace nuclear cardiography stress exams for the initial detection of coronary artery disease. Their preliminary results of two trials suggest that perfusion stress echocardiography is as accurate as nuclear stress testing for detecting coronary artery disease.
November 21, 2007
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