ICUS launches patient ultrasound contrast assessment app

2017 02 10 15 45 57 410 Heart 400

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) has launched an app for both mobile and desktop devices that helps improve echocardiography workflow and the appropriate use of ultrasound-enhancing agents.

The app, called the "CEUS Calculator," was developed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. It combines three variables -- age, heart rate, and weight -- to predict whether a patient would benefit from use of a contrast agent during an echocardiogram for assessment of left ventricular opacification.

The calculator is free to use and can be downloaded from ICUS Connect on the society's website, it said.

Page 1 of 507
Next Page