Ultrasound: Page 385

Compact ultrasound driving global US market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare providers' affinity for compact ultrasound systems will expand the worldwide market to more than $5 billion in sales by 2008, and the market is expected to reach $5.7 billion by 2010.
May 28, 2007
CMS adds to cardiac ultrasound coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has decided to add Medicare coverage for Doppler monitoring of cardiac output in certain settings.
May 22, 2007
MR signal, nonperfusion drive long-term success of MR-guided focused US therapy
By Shalmali Pal
BERLIN - At least 20% of a uterine fibroid treated with MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) therapy must be properly ablated to achieve long-lasting volume changes, according to Boston researchers who are experienced with the technique. The team presented its work this week at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting.
May 22, 2007
Breast MRI helps guide surgical treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI can help guide surgical treatment in women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer, finding additional tumors and altering treatment in 23% of cases, according to a new study.
May 21, 2007
Study: U.S. ultrasound market reaches new heights
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. ultrasound market climbed to a record high of $1.33 billion in sales 2006, according to a report from Klein Biomedical Consultants of New York City.
May 21, 2007
GE files suit against SonoSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has filed a lawsuit against compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA. The lawsuit charges SonoSite with infringing on GE patents for compact-ultrasound technology.
May 16, 2007
Esaote to buy Kontron from Fukuda Denshi
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The French subsidiary of Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has signed an agreement to buy Kontron Medical from Tokyo-based medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi.
May 16, 2007
Mindray Medical grows in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer Mindray Medical International of Shenzhen, China, more than doubled its sales in North America to propel its revenues and earnings in the first quarter.
May 14, 2007
GE debuts Voluson e
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is introducing its Voluson e compact ultrasound scanner at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) this week in San Diego.
May 7, 2007
Siemens introduces Acuson Antares 5.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, introduced the 5.0 release of its Acuson Antares ultrasound scanner at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) annual meeting, which started May 5 in San Diego.
May 6, 2007
ED physicians can screen for AAA, study finds
By Erik L. Ridley
Emergency physicians are capable of handling ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), according to researchers from Yale University in New Haven, CT. The group studied the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of screening performed by emergency physicians on at-risk patients.
May 6, 2007
Acusphere reports results from Imagify phase III trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere said that its Imagify (perflubutane polymer microspheres) contrast agent exceeded the criteria in accuracy and sensitivity in its second phase III clinical trial of the product.
May 3, 2007
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