Ultrasound: Page 440

CIVCO unveils positioning system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Accessories provider CIVCO Medical Instruments has introduced CIVCO Assist, a positioning-arm system designed to facilitate imaged-guided interventional procedures.

March 30, 2005

Ultrasound separates fracture from metastasis in the ribs

By Shalmali Pal

Bone scintigraphy of the chest cavity can easily reveal malignant disease to clinicians. However, those clinicians may also have to determine if a site of single rib uptake on bone scintigraphy is a matter of metastasis or simply a fracture. South Korean radiologists have found that ultrasound successfully makes that distinction.

March 30, 2005

Late phase best to differentiate focal liver lesions with CEUS

By N. Shivapriya

Differentiating benign from malignant lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is best done at late phase, and a quantitative analysis of ultrasound video intensity can be used to calculate the conspicuity index for effective and objective differentiation of the liver tumors, according to Italian researchers.

March 28, 2005

Zonare, Hologic ink service deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems and women's imaging vendor Hologic have signed a service support agreement.

March 24, 2005

Contrast US pinpoints focal liver lesions, results in cost-savings

By N. Shivapriya

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can be an effective way to characterize focal liver lesions (FLL), and may offer potential cost-savings, according to two separate European studies.

March 24, 2005

New Doppler index may be better for diagnosing renal artery stenosis

By Jerry Ingram

An alternative Doppler index may be more accurate that traditional ultrasound parameters for diagnosing patients with renal artery stenosis, according to a new study by researchers from Argentina.

March 22, 2005