Ultrasound: Page 373

TechniScan scores NIH grants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan Medical Systems has received two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for more than $267,000.

October 14, 2007

SonoSite debuts S-Nerve

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Compact-ultrasound provider SonoSite has introduced its S-Nerve procedural tool, an ultrasound device designed for anesthesiologists.

October 14, 2007

Definity to carry warning label

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

At the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging division of North Billerica, MA, will add a warning label to its echocardiography contrast agent Definity.

October 11, 2007

ACR revises breast US accreditation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Due to recent revisions in the American College of Radiology's (ACR) practice guideline for the performance of breast ultrasound examinations, the Reston, VA-based organization's Committee on Breast Ultrasound Accreditation has updated the program requirements for breast ultrasound accreditation.

October 8, 2007

SonoSite debuts S-FAST tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has introduced its S-FAST emergency medicine ultrasound tool.

October 7, 2007

US breast trial leaders aim to discuss ACRIN 6666 data at RSNA

By Shalmali Pal

Breast imaging specialists at the 2007 RSNA meeting can look forward to detailed results from a three-year trial examining the role of ultrasound in breast cancer screening. Dr. Wendie Berg, Ph.D., lead investigator for the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) trial told AuntMinnie.com that the group hopes that the Chicago presentation will coincide with the publication of trial data before the end of 2007.

October 7, 2007