Ultrasound: Page 483

Siemens adds Sequoia upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has released an upgrade for its Sequoia echocardiography system at this week's American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
November 18, 2002
New sonographic marker detects Down syndrome
By Tracie L. Thompson
A short or absent nasal bone as noted on second-trimester ultrasound may indicate a fetus with Down syndrome, according to a new study. Dr. Beryl Benacerraf from Harvard Medical School presented initial findings from her group’s research at the 2002 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound meeting in San Francisco.
November 18, 2002
Philips gets OK to market Live 3D Echo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its Sonos 7500 ultrasound system equipped with Live 3D Echo, a technique that allows cardiologists to obtain real-time, 3-D images of the beating heart.
November 14, 2002
Biosound Esaote adds archive module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound firm Biosound Esaote will debut SuperDAM, a digital archive module, at next week's American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.
November 14, 2002
Intratumoral peak systolic velocity on US may predict ovarian cancer survival
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) For patients with epithelial ovarian cancer, ultrasound-derived intratumoral peak systolic velocity (PSV) could be a preoperatively pertinent prognostic predictor of survival.
November 13, 2002
Toshiba promotes Wisher
Toshiba America Medical Systems has tapped Dennis Wisher as director of its ultrasound business unit. Wisher, who has been serving as senior product manager for Toshiba's Aplio system since March, will be responsible for developing tactical and strategic marketing plans for the ultrasound unit.
November 12, 2002
Hands-on training doesn’t improve board scores in obstetric ultrasound
By Tracie L. Thompson
Hands-on training in obstetrical ultrasound apparently doesn’t improve the performance of radiology residents on the radiology board exam’s obstetrical ultrasound cases, according to a new study.
November 11, 2002
Power Doppler ultrasound picks up pannus in RA patients
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Power Doppler sonography may be a valuable tool for differentiating inflammatory and non-inflammatory pannus in the knee of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
November 11, 2002
Analogic buys Siemens’ transducer unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Analogic has purchased the Sound Technology transducer unit of Siemens Medical Solutions.
November 6, 2002
Preoperative assessment of bile duct stones with sonography
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Surgeons at Parma University School of Medicine have shown that ultrasound can accurately predict the likelihood of asymptomatic common bile duct stones (CBDS) in patients with gallbladder stones.
November 6, 2002
JRCERT to accredit sonography education
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound education will soon be controlled by the same organization that accredits radiologic technologists in other modalities. The Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) has voted to begin accreditation of sonography educational programs.
November 4, 2002
Transvaginal ultrasound backs up conservative cyst management
By Ultrasound Review
Gynecologists at Malmo University Hospital in Sweden scanned women with asymptomatic benign adnexal cysts at regular intervals in order to determine the natural history.
November 4, 2002
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