Ultrasound: Page 401

AIT raises $2.5 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound developer Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT) of Richland, WA, announced it has raised $2.5 million in series A private equity financing.
November 29, 2006
US-guided percutaneous placement of PBI balloon catheter is safe, efficient
CHICAGO - Data from a small series of patients suggest that percutaneous ultrasound-guided placement of a partial-breast irradiation (PBI) balloon is a safe and efficient option to whole-breast radiation following lumpectomy for treatment of early-stage breast cancer, according to researchers who presented their findings Wednesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
Cedara, MIA sign distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cedara Software and arterial analysis software firm Medical Imaging Applications (MIA) of Coralville, IA, have signed an exclusive agreement in which Cedara will distribute MIA's vascular software applications to OEMs through its global networks.
November 28, 2006
RSNA 2006
Karen Orozco, RTR, tries out the HAG Capisco ergonomic chair from Biomorph designed to give support in applications such as sonography.
November 28, 2006
Pre-embolization sperm motility predicts fertility after varicocele treatment
CHICAGO - Men who have maintained relatively high sperm motility despite the development of varicoceles may improve fertility by undergoing spermatic vein embolization, according to a team of German interventional radiologists. The researchers used Doppler ultrasound to monitor the treatment results of 223 men who underwent endovascular embolization.
November 28, 2006
Automated breast US proves to be sensitive screening tool in dense breasts
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) can detect new breast lesions as well as confirm findings previously spotted on mammography, according to the phase II results of a screening trial at the Elizabeth Wende Breast Clinic in Rochester, NY. Lead investigator Dr. Stamatia Destounis presented her group's findings Wednesday at the RSNA meeting.
November 28, 2006
Fuji brokers new alliances
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA clinched a number of new alliances this month, including a U.S. distribution agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions.
November 28, 2006
Medipattern reports Q1 results, customizes B-CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software firm Medipattern of Toronto has reported that its newly focused marketing and sales strategy resulted in an increase in revenues and a decrease in losses for the first quarter of the company's 2007 fiscal year.
November 28, 2006
CEUS shines in characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) significantly improves the diagnostic performance of radiologists characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers, according to researchers from the University of Palermo in Italy. They presented their study findings at the 2006 RSNA meeting on Tuesday.
November 27, 2006
SonoSite marks 3,000 shipment for MicroMaxx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, reports that it has shipped over 3,000 MicroMaxx systems to customers worldwide.
November 27, 2006
US elasticity testing could cut breast biopsies by half
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Fifty percent or more of the negative breast cancer biopsies performed in the U.S. might be eliminated using ultrasound "elasticity" testing, according to a preliminary study presented at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 27, 2006
Zonare reaches z.one milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Zonare Medical Systems announced it has reached its 500th worldwide installation of its z.one ultrasound system.
November 27, 2006
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