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.
August 29th 2025
The AI-powered cardiovascular ultrasound device reportedly offers enhanced spatial and contrast resolution as well as bolstered 4D imaging that enables improved evaluation of cardiac function for a wide range of patients.
Contrast ultrasound holds ground in blunt abdominal trauma
November 1st 2006Mounting evidence indicates that, far from fading away, ultrasound could retain a role in the triage and follow-up of patients presenting to the emergency room with traumatic abdominal solid organ injury. Prospective data from University of California researchers validate earlier studies showing that contrast-enhanced sonography outperforms conventional sonography and complements CT’s role in this setting.
FDA tightens grip on handheld ultrasound
October 25th 2006The FDA has denied a request for over-the-counter sales of handheld Doppler fetoscopes. The American College of Radiology and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, which have aggressively lobbied to stop unwarranted use of ultrasound technology by nonmedical personnel, hailed the decision.
3D echocardiography gauges heart mass loss in astronauts
October 23rd 2006Ultrasound is no stranger to space travel. Typically, however, the imaging modality has been used to evaluate musculoskeletal problems associated with near-weightless conditions. A new effort launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration uses live 3D ultrasound and advanced postprocessing to evaluate the effects of microgravity on astronauts’ hearts.
Radiologists pledge to recapture sonography
October 19th 2006Going from gloom to bloom at a seminar yesterday, radiology luminaries dissected the latest practice trends, technological developments, and clinical applications in ultrasound use and turf. Their conclusions, to be published in a major radiology journal, should indicate if radiologists will choose to relinquish control of ultrasound for good or reclaim a modality that could thrive in the hands of experts through the next decade.
GE unveils lightweight, high-performance ultrasound
October 13th 2006GE Healthcare launched the latest salvo in its campaign to migrate high-performance capabilities to cost-challenged corners of medicine this week, releasing its lightweight, high-powered Logiq P5 at the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography conference in Denver.
Data support islet cell therapy for diabetes
October 2nd 2006An international multicenter trial has validated the Edmonton Protocol for islet cell infusion as a fitting treatment alternative for certain patients suffering from type 1 diabetes. Results appeared in the Sept. 28 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Image fusion software offers brachytherapy guidance
September 27th 2006Smart computing may be the ticket to image-guided surgery, particularly for sites that can’t afford expensive technology. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with one such possibility -- software that combines data from two widely used imaging technologies to enhance prostate brachytherapy.
Mechanically assisted thrombolysis boosts thrombosis therapy
September 19th 2006Combining catheter-directed thrombolysis with a mechanical thrombectomy device could be more cost-effective than performing thrombolysis alone in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers reporting on the first study of its kind.