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LATEST RELEASE in the Masters Lecture Series
Practical Reviews in Ultrasound: Kidneys & Adrenals by William D. Middleton, MD. This is a great basic review for anyone performing abdominal ultrasound.
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Toshiba Forges Strategic Agreement with PinnacleHealth
Zonare Showcases Upgrades at Vascular Meeting
MEDISON receives presidential Invention Day award
New CIVCO Needle Guidance System for ZONARE
Aloka Launches ProSound 3500SX at ACOG
Siemens Showcases New ACUSON S2000
Aloka Launches ProSound 3500SX Ultrasound System
Toshiba Inroduces Aplio Artida Cardiovascular Product at ACC
Siemens Showcases Latest Ultrasound Technologies at AIUM
GE Healthcare Grows #1 Market Leadership Position in Global Compact Ultrasound Industry in 2007
GE Healthcare Launches Diagnostic Advancements on Premier Women's Health Ultrasound System at AIUM
West Virginia Health System to Install 12 Zonare Systems
Hitachi adds E-mode to HI VISION 900
 
 
 
 
 
 
News Stories
Call for Abstracts WFUMB World Congress
The call for Abstracts for the 2009 World Ultrasound Congress is now open. Deadline for abstract submission is 28 November 2008.
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Bubble Conference 2008
23rd Annual Advances in Contrast Enhanced Atherosclerosis Imaging and Interventions
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The Impact of Examiner Qualifications And Scanner Quality on the Accuracy of OB Ultrasound Screening
A German report suggests conducting studies on the impact of examiner qualifications and scanner quality on the accuracy of obstetrical sonography. The investigation would assess the quality of the German multi-level screening program.
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Symptom Questionnaire & Blood Test Improves Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
More than 70% of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed with advanced-stage disease when the survival rate is less than 30%. A new report suggests that a simple questionnaire and blood test can improve early detection of this deadly malady.
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High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Therapy for Esophageal Tumors
Currently, radical surgery is considered the only curative method available to treat esophageal cancer. A new report suggests that HIFU may offer an alternative.
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Philips’ Plan for the Future: ‘Celebrating Pregnancy'
Philips Medical Systems wants to take the “clinical” out of the obstetrical sonogram experience.
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Ultrasound-Enhanced Thrombolysis Improves Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
A small randomized study indicates that transcranial pulsed Doppler ultrasound combined with rt-PA (sonothrombolysis) has been found to have a beneficial effect in patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion.
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Contrast-Enhanced Sonography of Renal Masses
The results of contrast-enhanced sonography for the evaluation of patients with renal masses compared favorably to computed tomography. Strong arterial enhancement was found only in malignant tumors.
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New Drug Application for an Agent Designed for Myocardial Contrast Enhancement
More than 10 million cardiac stress imaging procedures are done each year in the United States. The commercial availability of an ultrasound contrast agent that could improve stress-echocardiography would be a significant change in the way physicians detect coronary artery disease.
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HIFU Clinical Trial Targets Female Fertility
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of magnetic resonance-guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of patients with uterine fibroids and unexplained infertility.
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Characterization of Thyroid Nodules With Elastography
Elastography, which provides a means to determine tissue stiffness, has previously been shown to be useful in the differential diagnosis of tumors in organs such as the breast and prostate. A new report indicates it can be helpful to characterize thyroid nodules.
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Color Doppler Imaging of Acute Appendicitis
A recent report suggests that sonography, not CT, should be the initial diagnostic imaging modality utilized to assess adults with suspected acute appendicitis.
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New Contributing Organization
SonoWorld welcomes EcoMovies as a new Contributing Organization. Italian web site provides wide range of clinical cases as video clips.
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An Up-Dated AIUM Bioeffects Consensus Report
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine continues to play a lead role in the evaluation of the safety of ultrasound imaging. The AIUM’s Bioeffects Committee has recently published a new and coprehensive Consensus Report.
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Targeted Prostate Biopsies
The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging to identify areas of increased blood flow in the prostate has the potential to substantially reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies.
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The Value of Adding Sonography to Routine Mammography Screening
An article in the May 14th issue of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that adding sonography to routine mammography during screening exams can improve the detection of breast cancers - but at a cost.
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Ultrasound Imaging to Differentiate Causes of Dyspnea
The appearance of artifacts on sonograms of the lungs has been found to be helpful to distinguish between pulmonary edema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation.
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United States FDA Approves Change in Labeling for Ultrasound Contrast Agents
New safety information has convinced the United States Food and Drug Administration to relax it's Black Box Warning imposed on ultrasound contrast agents in 2007.
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Ultrasound more sensitive than CT for chest wall invasion in lung cancer
A research study published in the Journal "Chest" compared ultrasound versus CT for detection of chest wall invasion in lung cancer. Ultrasound proved to have higher sensitivity but lower specificity.
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Bacterial Contaminants in Ultrasound Scanning Gel
Researchers in Turkey reported on the frequency of bacterial contamination in medical ultrasound coupling gels. Contaminants were far more common in a less expensive brand of gel. This problem has the potential to result in outbreaks of nosocomial infections.
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