The Diagnostic Imaging 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.
April 25th 2024
An emerging deep learning radiomics model, based on B-mode ultrasound and color Doppler flow imaging, demonstrated a 91 percent AUC for predicting lymphovascular invasion in a multicenter study of women with invasive breast cancer.
Medical Crossfire®: How Can Thoracic Teams Facilitate Optimized Care of Patients With Stage I-III EGFR Mutation-Positive NSCLC?
May 21, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: Critical Questions on Diagnosis, Sequencing, and Selection of Systemic and Radioligand Therapy Options for Patients with GEP-NETs
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Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® West
July 12-13, 2024
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25th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-27, 2024
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2023 ASCO Direct™ Highlights: Practice-Changing Data From the Leading Oncology Conference
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6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 24th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
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19th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®
November 16, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Do the Experts Select and Sequence Therapies to Optimize Patient Outcomes and Quality of Life in Advanced Prostate Cancer?
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Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Communication to Optimize Immunotherapy in Stage I-III NSCLC
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Clinical Vignettes™: The Experts Explain How They Integrate PET Imaging into Metastatic HR+ Breast Cancer Care Settings
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School of Breast Oncology® Live Video Webcast: Clinical Updates from San Antonio
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Community Practice Connections™: The 2nd Annual Hawaii Lung Cancers Conference®
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FDA clearances dip in April, but show industry strength
May 24th 2006FDA clearances dipped in April compared with their spike in March, but the latest month put the industry back on track with previous years’ performance, outshining five of the past six Aprils with 28. That brings the total to 80 clearances this year -- in the ballpark with, though still lagging behind, industry performance since 2000.
Report from ARRS: Image-guided biopsy helps patients hang onto their kidneys
May 8th 2006Image-guided percutaneous biopsy is safe and accurate, and it holds potential for eliminating needless nephrectomies, according to two studies presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Vancouver.
GE launches laptop-sized 4D ultrasound at ACOG
May 8th 2006GE Healthcare introduced today a miniaturized version of its 4D ultrasound system for women’s health and prenatal applications. The Voluson i is about the size of a laptop yet produces real-time volumetric images and displays them on a screen as big as the company’s cart-based 4D Voluson 730.
California ultrasound legislation implements Cruise control
May 5th 2006A California lawmaker has announced a bill that would restrict sales of ultrasound machines to medical professionals. The move follows public safety concerns raised by actor Tom Cruise’s November 2005 purchase of sophisticated equipment to perform ultrasound exams on his pregnant fiancée.
Intravascular 'sonic lysis' busts peripheral thrombi
May 1st 2006For years, interventional radiologists have seen vascular disease management slip through their fingers and into the hands of cardiologists and surgeons. A new ultrasound-based technique, however, may help them reclaim lost turf.
Vendors win FDA clearance for 34 radiological devices
April 19th 2006The industry rebounded in March from a sluggish start to the year as the FDA cleared 34 devices under 510(k) review, nearly matching the number cleared in the previous two months together. March brought the total to 72 radiological devices cleared so far in 2006, making up for the slow start and putting vendors on track with previous years.
MSCT assists in renal cell cancer workup
April 14th 2006Renal cell cancer is the most frequently encountered malignant tumor in the kidney. Over 30,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in the U.S. Many cases are now detected incidentally, as a result of the widespread use of multislice CT. MSCT usage is also redefining diagnostic workup of renal lesions and facilitating renal cell cancer staging.
Miniature ultrasound transducers open 3D windows on heart
April 6th 2006Duke University engineers have developed a miniature ultrasound transducer capable of generating data for high-quality real-time 3D images, transducers so small they fit in a laparoscope, intracardiac catheter, or transesophageal probe. So far the images have been only of dogs, but Duke’s lead engineer on the project believes the step to human application is a small one.
Ultrasound predicts outcome of ectopic pregnancy remedy
April 2nd 2006Results from a new study confirm that ultrasound reliably predicts success and failure of single-dose methotrexate treatment of ectopic pregnancy. On the basis of their findings, Boston Medical Center researchers say a change is needed in clinical protocols.