Ultrasound: Page 373

Ultrasound guides uterine fibroid treatments
By Brian Casey
November 19, 2007
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
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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
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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
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