Ultrasound: Page 459

AIUM restates opposition to nonmedical ultrasound use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) issued a statement today reaffirming its opposition to the use of "entertainment" ultrasound.
April 6, 2004
ImaRx completes private placement, names chairman
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound therapy developer ImaRx Therapeutics has closed a private placement for the issuance of 2.5 million shares of its common stock. The proceeds will be used to advance ImaRx's NanoInvasive surgery concept, which combines imaging, nanoparticles, and externally-applied energy to perform therapeutic procedures, according to the Tucson, AZ-based firm.
April 1, 2004
Misonix brings Sonablate to Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Misonix has launched the Sonablate 500 prostate cancer treatment system in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and Russia.
March 30, 2004
SIR screening finds many AAA cases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A national vascular disease screening program funded by the Society of Interventional Radiology has found that one out of every 20 persons screened has an abdominal aortic aneurysm, according to results presented today at the SIR annual meeting in Phoenix.
March 29, 2004
Coalition seeks Medicare coverage for aortic aneurysm screening
By Tracie L. Thompson
Seven organizations from the imaging and surgery fields have convinced four U.S. Congressmen to sponsor a bill directing Medicare to cover ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
March 29, 2004
Emergency ultrasound training improves, but few ER docs meet AIUM guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
To determine the current state of emergency physician-performed ultrasound, researchers from Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, and Resurrection Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency in Chicago conducted a 10-question Web-based survey to ultrasound/residency directors at 122 emergency medicine residency programs in the U.S.
March 28, 2004
Managing ultrasound ergonomics
Adopting ultrasound ergonomics policies that target prevention of work-related musculoskeletal injuries can prove invaluable, not just in improving staff morale, but in achieving bottom-line gains. Susan L. Murphey of Sound Ergonomics shares her strategy.
March 25, 2004
CE US sonography makes the grade for measuring tumor vascularity
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently evaluated tumor growth and proliferation using contrast-enhanced sonography to measure vascularity in implanted tumors.
March 23, 2004
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Radiology Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
March 21, 2004
Sonora adds Brazilian partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology refurbisher Sonora Medical Systems has signed an exclusive license, supply, and distribution agreement with ATCS Comercio e Servicos de Equipo Médicos of São Paulo, Brazil.
March 18, 2004
Three-dimensional ultrasound shows utility in fetal lung volume measurements
By Erik L. Ridley
Three-dimensional ultrasound can be used to measure fetal lung volume (FLV) for up to 30 weeks gestation, and the technique offers good agreement with MRI in cases with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), according to separate articles in the March issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
March 17, 2004
The Developing Fetus: First and Second Trimesters
The entire set provides complete sonographic coverage for evaluating the fetus, from the earliest detection of the gestational sac to early anatomic survey and risk assessment for trisomies.
March 15, 2004
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