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Sonographers: Highly experienced, vastly underappreciated
Sonographers have always played a central role in disease diagnosis. Unfortunately, radiologists have generally ignored their contributions, pretending that the sonographer was simply another version of a technologist. In an editorial opinion, Terry DuBose explains why sonographers, currently undervalued by sonologists, could actually be the key to keeping sonography in the hands of imaging experts.
February 5, 2007
DMS inks Butler deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Direct Medical Systems (DMS) of San Ramon, CA, has signed a five-year distribution deal with Butler Animal Health Supply.
February 4, 2007
Acusphere taps Bucceri for regulatory post
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has hired Dennis Bucceri as its senior vice president of regulatory affairs.
February 4, 2007
TechniScan raises $6.4 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound imaging technology developer TechniScan Medical Systems said it has received $6.4 million from completion of a Series D preferred financing round.
February 4, 2007
Mindray prices secondary offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer Mindray Medical International of Shenzhen, China, announced the pricing of its secondary public offering of 9.8 million American Depositary Shares (ADSs) at a price of $24.50 per ADS.
January 31, 2007
AuntMinnieTV: Ultrasound elastography may help women avoid breast biopsy
By Brian Casey
January 25, 2007
Zonare adds Emory to client roster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Zonare Medical Systems reported that it has recently installed the company's z.one ultrasound system at Emory University in Atlanta.
January 24, 2007
Aloka hits 200K mark in unit sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Aloka reported that it has passed the 200,000 mark in ultrasound units sold worldwide.
January 24, 2007
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
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