Ultrasound: Page 385

Screening opportunities boost ultrasound prospects

By Erik L. Ridley

Increased interest in screening examinations and early identification of disease offer an opportunity for expanded use of ultrasound. The modality offers an accurate, safe, inexpensive, rapid, and cost-effective way to screen healthy populations for conditions such as abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid stenosis, and peripheral vascular disease.

September 9, 2007

ASE unveils new stress echo guidelines

By Erik L. Ridley

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its new guidelines for stress echocardiography, taking into account improvements in imaging equipment, refinements in stress testing protocols, and standards for image interpretation.

September 6, 2007

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider

By Erik L. Ridley

September 4, 2007

Toshiba introduces Artida US scanner at ESC show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe released its Artida ultrasound system for the cardiac 4D market at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Vienna.

September 3, 2007

Preop US targets shoulder calcium deposits while US therapy quashes pain

By Shalmali Pal

In about half the patients who suffer from calcific tendinitis, the deposits can become symptomatic. The pain can be intense, so orthopedic experts are on the hunt for pain management methods. Recently, researchers from Europe looked at the role of ultrasound in calcific tendinitis of the shoulder, both as a preoperative test and as a treatment modality.

September 3, 2007

TomTec launches 4D ultrasound

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound visualization developer TomTec Imaging Systems said it plans to debut a new version of its 4D RV-Function software at the 2007 European Society of Cardiology congress, to be held September 1-5 in Vienna, Austria.

August 29, 2007

Experimental US tomography runs circles around dense breast tissue

By Kathlyn Stone

Using water as a conductor between a ring-shaped transducer and breast tissue, a Michigan-based group is experimenting with ultrasound tomography for breast cancer screening. Benefits of this technique include the ability to scan dense breasts and, of course, a lack of radiation, according to the researchers who presented their work at the 2007 American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting in Minneapolis.

August 29, 2007

Zonare enters U.S. veterinary market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has signed an agreement with veterinary supply company Steuart Laboratories of Rochester, MN, to provide ultrasound systems for veterinary care.

August 23, 2007

GE launches emergency US education program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In an effort to support ultrasound use in emergency medicine, GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., plans to launch a one-year educational partnership with the Emergency Medical Foundation (EMF), the education and research arm of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

August 23, 2007

Fetal anatomic survey yields unexpected anomalies in antepartum US

By Erik L. Ridley

Performing fetal anatomic surveys on follow-up antepartum sonograms can contribute to the discovery of unforeseen fetal anomalies, according to an article published in the September issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

August 23, 2007

ImaRx wins NIH study grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics of Tucson, AZ, has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

August 22, 2007

SonoSite names Smith to VP post

Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, has appointed Marcus Y. Smith as vice president of corporate development.

August 20, 2007

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