Clinical News: Page 1513

Samsung launches premium women's US scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Samsung Electronics America has begun U.S. sales of its UGEO WS80A premium women's imaging ultrasound scanner.

March 30, 2014

AIUM: Ultrasound helps U.S. Olympic athletes get back into action

By Erik L. Ridley

LAS VEGAS - U.S. short-track speed skater J.R. Celski seemed unlikely to compete at the 2010 Winter Games five months after his skate sliced into his thigh after a fall in a race. Thanks in part to ultrasound, however, Celski made it to Vancouver and won two bronze medals, according to a talk at this week's American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) meeting.

March 30, 2014

SIR study eyes whether radiation causes cataracts

By Marty Graham

Are interventional radiologists more prone to cataracts due to medical radiation? The question was investigated at last week's Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference by an eye specialist who spent the meeting peering into the eyes of attendees, looking for early signs of eye disease.

March 30, 2014

Image-based guidance may top conventional tracking

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new image-based guidance system for minimally invasive surgery may be superior to conventional tracking systems, according to a study in Physics in Medicine and Biology.

March 27, 2014

MR with optical imaging finds small breast tumors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new breast-conserving surgical technique combines presurgical MRI with optical scanning during surgery to locate small breast tumors for excision, according to a pilot study published online in March in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

March 27, 2014

SIR taps 29 research fellows

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has added 29 fellows to its roster.

March 27, 2014