Ultrasound: Page 73

Olympus, Hitachi extend endoscopy ultrasound deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Olympus and Hitachi have signed a five-year contract to continue their alliance in the development of endoscopic ultrasound systems.

January 5, 2021

CIVCO and Philips Healthtech team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CIVCO Medical Solutions and Philips Healthtech have partnered to advance the availability of CIVCO's Astra automated disinfection system for ultrasound probes within North America.

January 5, 2021

QT Ultrasound points to breast screening study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer QT Ultrasound said that its transmission ultrasound system yielded higher diagnostic performance than full-field digital mammography in the first-in-human study of the technology for breast cancer screening.

January 4, 2021

Ultrasound-guided vein access safe, quick in kids

By Theresa Pablos

Ultrasound-guided tunneled central venous access proved safe for children in a randomized clinical trial published on December 24 in the Journal of Surgical Research. The trial included more than 100 patients and showed that ultrasound-guided placement reduced operating time and preserved vein size.

January 3, 2021

Ultrasound outperforms x-ray for neonatal pneumothorax

By Theresa Pablos

Lung ultrasound scans outperformed chest x-rays for diagnosing neonatal pneumothorax in a new review that included more than 500 newborns. Ultrasound achieved better sensitivity and specificity and took less time to perform, according to the December 16 study in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology.

December 22, 2020

Advanced Ultrasound Systems, Nautilus partner on telehealth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

TeleRay enables telehealth by using peer-to-peer networks or high-speed cellular networks when bandwidth does not meet minimum requirements. The HIPAA-compliant platform interfaces with existing scheduling systems and allows for live scans even at remote locations.

December 17, 2020

Butterfly Network launches biplane POCUS capability

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) developer Butterfly Network has debuted biplane imaging on its Butterfly iQ+ handheld ultrasound system.

December 17, 2020

New device combines ABUS, DBT for better breast imaging

By Theresa Pablos

A prototype device combining 3D automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performed well in a feasibility study published on December 12 in European Radiology. The system identified 97% of cancers and added only about a minute to the DBT exam time.

December 17, 2020

Hologic adds 3D breast ultrasound to SuperSonic Mach 40

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hologic has added 3D ultrasound imaging to its SuperSonic Mach 40 system, an upgrade that will allow users to easily access the company's ShearWave Plus elastography 3D and high-resolution B-mode volumes.

December 16, 2020

Philips, InSightec to partner on MRgUS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips and InSightec announced they will collaborate on an effort to make MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgUS) for neurosurgery and neurological disorder treatment more accessible.

December 16, 2020

RSIP Vision launches new heart POC ultrasound

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer software and artificial intelligence (AI) company RSIP Vision has unveiled new medical ultrasound software that can evaluate the heart at point-of-care (POC) settings in the parasternal long-axis view.

December 14, 2020

US microbubble destruction may improve TARE response

By Theresa Pablos

Patients with a common form of liver cancer experienced better treatment outcomes in a recent study when clinicians paired transarterial radioembolization (TARE) with microbubble destruction by ultrasound (US) waves, according to early results published on December 15 in Radiology.

December 14, 2020

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