Ultrasound: Page 432

Fukuda to buy Kontron
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Japanese ECG and monitoring firm Fukuda Denshi of Tokyo has signed an agreement to purchase French echocardiography firm Kontron Medical.
August 24, 2005
EUS-FNA, mediastinoscopy combo boosts preoperative lung cancer staging
By Erik L. Ridley
Performing both transesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and mediastinoscopy can identify more tumor invasion or lymph node metastases than either approach on its own for preoperative lung cancer staging, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
August 22, 2005
Longport adds Episcan probes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Longport has developed additional dermatology probes for its Episcan-I-200 ultrasound system, according to the Glen Mills, PA-based firm.
August 22, 2005
OmniSonics names executives
Vascular ultrasound developer OmniSonics Medical Technologies of Wilmington, MA, has named three new executive appointments to its management team.
August 22, 2005
Toshiba debuts Famio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has released Famio, a grayscale, 2D ultrasound scanner designed for the physician office market.
August 21, 2005
CT venography offers DVT alternative to ultrasound in ICU
By Erik L. Ridley
Indirect CT venography (CTV) and duplex venous sonography turn in similar performance for evaluating acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in ICU patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, according to an article in the August American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 18, 2005
Novel real-time 3D echo quantifies LV dyssynchrony
By Tracie L. Thompson
British researchers say they have developed a simple and reproducible method for quantifying global left ventricular dyssynchrony, which can identify more chronic heart failure patients who may benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy.
August 17, 2005
GE, InSightec ink new deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed a new worldwide sales and marketing agreement with InSightec Image Guided Treatment for the Tirat Carmel, Israel-based vendor's ExAblate 2000 MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment system.
August 16, 2005
Empty renal fossa on prenatal ultrasound indicates renal ectopia or agenesis
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Radiologists at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts determined that an empty renal fossa on prenatal ultrasound suggests either an ectopic or congenitally absent kidney, and that this finding is often associated with other fetal anomalies.
August 16, 2005
Playing their hearts out: Do young athletes need cardiac screening?
Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in athletes, a segment of the U.S. population that, with their peak conditioning and youthfulness, should be immune to average Joe ailments. While experts agree that the number of field fatalities can be reduced via screening, they argue about whether athletes should be imaged routinely as part of that screening and how.
August 15, 2005
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Italian radiologists identify new US signs for ruptured AAA
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Several previously undescribed sonographic signs indicating ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) were recently identified by Italian radiologists. Their retrospective study indicates that sonography could demonstrate direct and indirect signs of aneurysm rupture and expedite surgery in unstable patients.
August 14, 2005
Sonora receives patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix said that its majority-owned subsidiary Sonora Medical Systems has received the first of three patents for its FirstCall 2000 ultrasound probe-testing device.
August 11, 2005
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