Ultrasound: Page 391

Ultrasonix shows triple-digit sales increase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical of Burnaby, British Columbia, said that its Sonix line of ultrasound systems saw triple-digit sales growth in 2006, compared with the previous year.
January 23, 2007
Siemens extends Biosense Webster deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer Biosense Webster of Diamond Bar, CA, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, has been granted exclusive worldwide rights to distribute the Acuson AcuNav ultrasound catheter from Siemens Medical Solutions to interventional cardiologists.
January 17, 2007
Philips, EP MedSystems partner for cath lab US
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems and electrophysiology product manufacturer EP MedSystems have signed a joint development and distribution agreement for the ViewMate II, a combined ultrasound and intracardiac catheter-based imaging system.
January 10, 2007
Lesion-guided prostate biopsy bests random biopsy methods
By Erik L. Ridley
Lesion-directed prostate biopsies yield higher cancer detection rates than random biopsies, regardless of the prostate-specific antigen level, according to a five-year study published in the latest edition of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. Researchers from Taiwan used transrectal ultrasound to compare sonographically suspicious lesion-directed biopsies and random biopsies in 518 patients referred for prostate biopsies.
January 10, 2007
Constantine leaves Misonix
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix said that Paul Constantine has resigned his position as senior vice president of sales, marketing, and new product development.
January 8, 2007
SonoSite Q4 revenues climb
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthy growth in its U.S. and international businesses propelled compact-ultrasound technology provider SonoSite to record fourth-quarter revenues.
January 8, 2007
Head and neck surgeons can handle ultrasound, journal article says
By Erik L. Ridley
Head and neck surgeons can readily incorporate office-based ultrasound procedures into their practice, according to an article in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Office-based ultrasound offers an easy and cost-effective tool to the surgeons, the authors report.
January 4, 2007
US-guided needle aspiration offers effective, low-cost treatment for liver abscesses
By Radiology Review
Trial percutaneous needle aspiration of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses, under ultrasound guidance, should be performed prior to catheter drainage or surgery, according to researchers from Italy. Because of its low-cost, real-time nature, and mobility, ultrasound is more versatile than CT guidance, the group states.
January 4, 2007
Misonix gets new credit facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix has entered into a credit security agreement with Wells Fargo Bank for a revolving note facility up to $8 million.
January 3, 2007
QSUM expands biopsy product line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast biopsy accessories developer QSUM Biopsy Disposables said it has released new products for the stereotactic, ultrasound, and MR biopsy markets.
January 1, 2007
MRI proves tennis leg injuries are more than just a racket
By Sydney Schuster
Tennis elbow, sure, but tennis leg? Yes, it exists, and it's not a reference to the endless gams on Maria Sharapova either. Instead, this injury of the medial head of the gastrocnemius can occur when the calf muscle is overstretched. Despite its moniker, tennis leg plagues nonathletes as well. However the injury happens, MRI -- and ultrasound to some extent -- are important for making the definitive diagnosis.
January 1, 2007
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Mindray to build new facility in Nanjing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer Mindray Medical International has signed an agreement to establish a new R&D and manufacturing facility in the Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone in China.
December 27, 2006
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