Ultrasound: Page 430

Ultrasonix debuts Sonix SP
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Ultrasonix Medical has introduced Sonix SP, a multidisciplinary ultrasound imaging system.
May 8, 2005
EP MedSystems initiates ICE-CHIP trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electrophysiology device developer EP MedSystems of West Berlin, NJ, has begun a new clinical study, called the intracardiac echocardiography-guided cardioversion to help interventional procedures (ICE-CHIP) trial.
May 3, 2005
Ultrasound helps find occult breast cancer postsurgery
By Erik L. Ridley
Postoperative ultrasound can play a useful role in detecting occult malignancies after breast cancer surgery, according to an article in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
May 3, 2005
Zonare signs Shaw
Ultrasound vendor Zonare Medical Systems has hired 25-year ultrasound industry veteran Lars Shaw as vice president of marketing.
May 1, 2005
SonoSite sees powerful Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite reported strong financial results for its 2005 fiscal first quarter (end-March 31).
April 28, 2005
Resolving ultrasound controversies in carotid stenosis
By N. Shivapriya
Useful as it is, ultrasound for the diagnosis of internal carotid artery stenosis can also be confusing. There is debate about the reporting standards, differences in the parameters used, and differences in the recommended thresholds. Dr. Edward Grant from the University of Southern California discusses these issues and the use of Doppler ultrasound to determine the significance of carotid stenosis.
April 27, 2005
Siemens nets HealthTrust contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has received three-year contracts from group-purchasing organization HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HPG) to supply HPG members with its full line of MR and ultrasound systems.
April 21, 2005
Misonix files 510(k) for ultrasonic wound debrider
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Misonix of Farmingdale, NY, has filed a 510(k) application with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clearance to market its ultrasonic wound debridement system.
April 20, 2005
Bristol-Myers Squibb gets Premier contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging reported that Premier Purchasing Partners, a group-purchasing organization based in Oak Brook, IL, has awarded the firm a three-year sole-source contract for its Definity echocardiography contrast agent.
April 20, 2005
Neoprobe inks new Lymphoseek deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe of Dublin, OH, has signed an agreement with the University of California, San Diego that will enable the company to expand its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical into applications in ultrasound and optical imaging.
April 20, 2005
Ultrasound measurements help diagnose testicular torsion
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Sonographic measurement and appearance of the testicular appendage can be used to diagnose torsion of the testicular appendage, according to Brazilian researchers. Their findings are published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 20, 2005
Imaging tackles cardiac 'octopus pot' syndrome
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - Until recently, takotsubo cardiomyopathy has been a specifically Japanese syndrome. But cases of this transient left ventricular apical ballooning are beginning to pop up in the U.S. Three presentations at the American College of Physicians (ACP) meeting focused on how imaging is being used to take a closer look at this condition, named after the Japanese fishing pot designed to catch octopus.
April 18, 2005
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