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AIUM: Ultrasound offers promise for preventing maternal death
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - Is giving birth safely largely a privilege of the rich? It could be, given the shockingly high maternal death rates that still plague the developing world. But ultrasound can help, according to a March 18 talk at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual meeting.
March 17, 2016
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Canadian keepsake ultrasound firm hit for security lapse
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian keepsake ultrasound provider UC Baby has discontinued its on-demand prenatal video service for customers after an investigation by CBC News found it was easy to access ultrasound scans conducted at any of its 27 clinics across the country.
March 17, 2016
MRI tops ultrasound in predicting preterm births
By Wayne Forrest
By using MRI to evaluate pregnant women with a short cervix on ultrasound, obstetricians can better predict if the expectant mother will give birth prematurely, according to a new study published online March 15 in Radiology.
March 14, 2016
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Navidea launches Lymphoseek cervical cancer study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has enrolled the first patient in a clinical study that will evaluate the use of its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical in women with known cervical cancer.
February 10, 2016
Super Bowl ultrasound ad draws ire of pro-choice group
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NARAL Pro-Choice America was not amused by a Doritos Super Bowl commercial that depicted an expectant father teasing a fetus with a Doritos chip during a prenatal ultrasound exam.
February 8, 2016
3T MRI could become routine for fetal anomalies
By Wayne Forrest
Advances in technology and software have made 3-tesla MRI a better option for examining fetal abnormalities, with no adverse effects on the fetus, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 11, 2016
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Case report: Conjoined twins -- thoraco-omphalopagus (type A)
By Drs. Omar Muayad Sultan and Ahmed Said Tawfeek
In this case report, radiologists from Tikrit University College of Medicine in Iraq describe the case of conjoined twins discovered by routine transabdominal ultrasound examination at 16-weeks gestation. They were joined at the chest and the abdomen and had one functional heart.
December 9, 2015
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Researchers measure fetal CT dose with SSDE
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - A new fetal dose-measurement technique ties CT dose index volume scanner readouts to size-specific dose estimates (SSDEs), opening a door to greater accuracy in fetal dose measurement, according to a presentation at the 2015 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2015
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Prenatal craniosynostosis CAD finds what ultrasound misses
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 30 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSC06-02 | Room S402ABA newly developed computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme can find cases of craniosynostosis -- the premature fusion of skull bones -- that normal prenatal ultrasound can miss, researchers from Brown University report.
November 9, 2015
WhatsApp enables teleultrasound in Nigeria
By Erik L. Ridley
Patients in rural areas of Nigeria may not have ready access to experts for potentially lifesaving consultations on complicated ultrasound exams. Fortunately, there's an app for that.
October 21, 2015
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FDA OKs changes for InSightec's ExAblate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR-guided focused ultrasound developer InSightec has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for a new version of its ExAblate device and a change in labeling.
October 8, 2015
Ultrasound 'fade' sign predicts risk of early birth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A phenomenon known as ultrasound fade -- a gradual loss of energy in the modality as sound waves circulate through tissues -- may be a harbinger of premature birth, according to a new study in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
September 20, 2015
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