Ultrasound

 ultrasound modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of ultrasound across the healthcare continuum, from cardiovascular, breast, abdominal, neurological imaging, and more, including point-of-care ultrasound.

Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.

Articles

Men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer can be successfully treated with MRI-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound without experiencing incontinence or erectile dysfunction.



MRI-Guided HIFU Treats Prostate Cancer Without Unwanted Side Effects

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Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: Feb. 1, 2021, to Feb. 5, 2021

Seno’s Imagio® breast imaging system can help providers distinguish, in real-time, between benign and malignant breast lesions.

FDA Gives Seno Medical Approval for Opto-Acoustic Breast Imaging System

Pairing MR-guided high intensity focused ultrasound with the standard-of-care, external beam radiotherapy, can offer faster pain relief to patients. 

Looking to Reduce Bone Pain from Cancer? Consider MR-Guided HIFU

Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: Jan. 18, 2021, to Jan. 22, 2021

Five-year contract furthers the companies’ existing partnership.



Hitachi, Olympus Sign Long-term Endoscopic Ultrasound System Alliance

Popping microbubbles with ultrasound waves prompts greater radiation susceptibility, leading to lower tumor growth and better long-term patient outcomes.



Microbubbles Create Greater Radiation Sensitivity in Liver Tumors

Diagnostic Imaging's A Look Ahead: Dec. 14, 2020, to Dec. 20, 2020

Podcasts


In this podcast episode, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, from Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the disparities minority patients face with cancer screenings and what can be done to increase access during the pandemic.

Oncology Ultrasound