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MRI ready for prime time in cervical cancer diagnosis
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Radiologists said Sunday at the RSNA meeting that magnetic resonance imaging should be considered as useful as CT for diagnosing invasive cervical cancer.
November 26, 2005
SonoSite expands MicroMaxx capabilities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has added two transducers, imaging improvements, and wireless connectivity to its MicroMaxx ultrasound system.
November 26, 2005
Existing research lacking dollars-and-cents assessment of uterine fibroids
By Shalmali Pal
Some studies put the lifetime incidence of uterine fibroids in the U.S. at more than 80% for some women. What is the economic impact of this condition? The answer is unclear due to the lack of published research, according to a multi-institutional group that recently performed a meta-analysis of existing literature on uterine fibroids.
November 22, 2005
Esaote rolls out Picus-Just 4D ultrasound
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Esaote used the setting of the Medica 2005 conference in Düsseldorf, Germany, to show its new Picus-Just 4D real-time 4D ultrasound system.
November 10, 2005
Morphological US scoring aids diagnosis of small adnexal masses
By Erik L. Ridley
Descriptive morphologic sonographic scoring may overcome the subjectivity of interpreting morphologic characteristics in small adnexal masses, wrote the authors of a prospective multicenter trial published in the November Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
November 6, 2005
InSightec gets Texas install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
InSightec has installed its ExAblate 2000 MRI-guided focused-ultrasound treatment system at the North Texas Uterine Fibroid Institute in Dallas.
October 10, 2005
Preliminary study finds fMRI possible in fetal heart
By Shalmali Pal
Functional MRI (fMRI) is not only feasible for fetal cardiac imaging, it can add to clinical perinatal management, according to a group from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania.
October 6, 2005
GE adds new ViewPoint release for ob/gyn offices
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has released version 5.0 of its ViewPoint ob/gyn ultrasound data management software.
October 2, 2005
Siemens debuts new Antares edition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing a premium edition of its Acuson Antares ultrasound system at this week's 15th International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) World Congress in Vancouver.
September 25, 2005
Philips unveils ultrasound enhancements
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has rolled out new ultrasound product upgrades as part of its Vision 2005 program.
September 14, 2005
In vivo MR plus 8.5-tesla MRS biopsy targets malignant ovarian tumors
By Shalmali Pal
Australian MR experts have proposed using in vivo 3-tesla MR spectroscopy (MRS) of the ovary, along with 8.5-tesla MRS of the biopsy specimen, in ovarian cancer. They suggest that the two modalities combined can offer a multitude of information for a multifaceted disease.
September 13, 2005
Diffusion-weighted MR noninvasively monitors uterine fibroid therapies
By Shalmali Pal
When combined with MR, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) produces a quantitative biophysical parameter called the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of water. ADC maps have been successfully employed to monitor the progression of ischemic tissue in stroke. Imaging and interventional specialists are now proposing the use of ADC maps to monitor uterine fibroid therapy.
September 8, 2005
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