Ultrasound: Page 400

Microflow imaging may boost prostate biopsy yield
By Erik L. Ridley
A targeted biopsy approach employing contrast-enhanced ultrasound microflow imaging (MFI) may increase the number of positive biopsies compared with systematic sextant biopsy, according to research from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
December 20, 2006
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AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
December 19, 2006
Medipattern licenses B-CAD rights in southwest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software firm Medipattern of Toronto has given distribution rights for its B-CAD ultrasound CAD product for the southwestern U.S. to distribution firm MammoSolutions of Houston.
December 19, 2006
European ultrasound market heats up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European ultrasound market will earn $719 million in revenues in 2006, and will reach $1.06 billion in 2013, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
December 18, 2006
TechniScan scores NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound imaging technology developer TechniScan Medical Systems has received a $2.8 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
December 17, 2006
SonoSite prevails in patent appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, reported that it has successfully defended itself in a patent infringement appeal suit.
December 13, 2006
Cook introduces EchoTip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has launched sales of its EchoTip echogenic needle for ultrasound imaging procedures.
December 11, 2006
Acusphere to raise $23 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has entered into an agreement to raise $23.8 million through a stock placement with institutional investors.
December 6, 2006
CEUS stars in differentiating PVT in cirrhotic patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) shows high sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity for differentiating benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a team of Italian researchers.
December 6, 2006
Inflammatory view: Imaging blind to plaque risk
By Eric Barnes
There is no vulnerable plaque, only the vulnerable patient. Besides, most plaque is extraluminal, though just as deadly, and therefore all but invisible to lumen-based imaging methods. As a result, the vulnerability of patients rests more on the likelihood of plaque rupture than on the risk of occlusive vascular disease, according to a recent talk by Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.
December 6, 2006
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Ellex buys Innovative Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Australian firm Ellex Medical Lasers Limited has acquired ophthalmic ultrasound developer Innovative Imaging of Sacramento, CA.
December 3, 2006
Fetal 4D US market grows despite FDA criticism, research finds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
According to a new report by the Millennium Research Group, 4D imaging systems are being increasingly used to view fetal growth by parents, despite criticism by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for using these sytems for this purpose.
November 29, 2006
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