Ultrasound: Page 510

Ultrasound offers fast, reliable screening for blunt abdominal trauma
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Diagnosis is especially difficult in acute abdominal trauma. Not only is physical examination frequently unreliable, but time is too precious to waste on imaging exams that interrupt treatment. What does work is ultrasound, according to a five-year study of blunt trauma patients by researchers from University of California, San Diego.
February 27, 2001
Scintimammography may back up x-ray mammo better than US
By Shalmali Pal
Evidence continues to mount in support of scintimammography (SMM) as a second-line test for detecting potential breast cancer. The latest study out of the United Kingdom shows that SMM, when combined with traditional mammography, can improve diagnostic accuracy.
February 25, 2001
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Ultrasonography for cervical length measurement
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Researchers at the University of Washington Medical Center compared cervical length measurements using transvaginal and translabial ultrasound in this study recently published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.
February 19, 2001
Aloka releases new ultrasound mode
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Aloka of Wallingford, CT, has released a new technique for its ProSound series of scanners. Called free angular M-mode, the technique should prove useful for cardiologists and obstetricians.
February 15, 2001
Misonix completes purchase of Fibra Sonics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Misonix has completed its acquisition of Fibra Sonics, a Chicago-based manufacturer of ultrasound devices for surgical applications.
February 13, 2001
Focused abdominal US in patients with trauma
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) In order to assess the accuracy of ultrasound in evaluating organ injury, radiologists from Vancouver Hospital studied 1,090 patients requiring in-hospital treatment over a two-year period. This research, published in the November issue of Radiology, established that "focused ultrasound has a high negative predictive value for major abdominal injury in patients with blunt abdominal trauma."
February 11, 2001
Ultrasound bubbles over into therapy
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Conventional wisdom holds that when you hit the jackpot, you take your winnings and leave. Dr. Evan Unger, president and CEO of ImaRx Therapeutics in Tucson, AZ, doesn't seem to pay much heed to that type of thinking, especially when it comes to developing his line of cutting-edge therapeutic agents.
February 11, 2001
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Doppler US may prevent unnecessary intervention in renal artery stenoses cases
By Shalmali Pal
Doppler ultrasound shows promise in predicting which patients with renal artery stenosis will gain the most from intervention, according to researchers from the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover in Germany.
February 8, 2001
SonoSite posts lower Q4 and Y2K results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound manufacturer SonoSite released its fourth quarter and year 2000 financial results.
February 7, 2001
GE ultrasound posts healthy sales in 2000
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Due in part to the success of the Vivid 3 Cardiac Ultrasound imaging system and Digitally Encoded Ultrasound (DEU), the ultrasound division of GE Medical Systems has recorded its sixth straight year of growth with sales exceeding $660 million in 2000.
February 6, 2001
SonoSite snares AmeriNet contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound manufacturer SonoSite of Bothell, WA has signed two, three-year agreements with St. Louis-based healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), AmeriNet.
February 5, 2001
SonoSite lands Kaiser Permanente contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SonoSite has reached an agreement with Kaiser Permanente to supply hand-carried ultrasound systems to the healthcare organization.
January 28, 2001
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