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 8th 2024
Strain imaging analysis is one of the automated parameters included in the newly FDA-cleared Us2.v2 software for adjunctive review of echocardiographic images.
Revolutionizing Early-Stage NSCLC Treatment: Pathologists’ Key Insights into Predicting Pathologic Responses to Immunotherapies
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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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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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Equipment manufacturers get jump on 2005 with harvest of FDA clearances
March 7th 2005Vendors got off to a better than usual start with the FDA this year, clearing 28 devices through the 510(k) process. This was the second highest number of devices cleared by the agency during January in six years. The month was overshadowed only by January 2003, when the industry earned 29 clearances.
Mercury Computer reinvents itself as supplier of 3D and 4D products
March 7th 2005Mercury Computer Systems has emerged from the shadows of medical imaging with a portfolio of advanced processing products and services. The company, which previously served mostly as a supplier of 2D imaging components to major OEMs, has begun shopping 3D and 4D products around the imaging industry. These products vary from software only to software-hardware combinations and are designed to perform critical functions in diagnostic and interventional products, as well as PACS.
CT urography gets low-dose makeover
March 7th 2005The need to deliver as little radiation as possible to patients was evident during a Monday scientific session on CT imaging of the urinary tract. Researchers presented studies that ranged in dose from 20 mAs to 200 mAs. Those on the high end were sure to be grilled.
Philips introduces low-cost, high-performance ultrasound system
March 5th 2005The ECR hosted the unveiling of Philips’ latest high-performance ultrasound system, the HD (High Definition) 11. The company launched the system commercially in mid-February as a state-of-the-art alternative for budget-strapped healthcare facilities.
Microgravity shoulder scan makes ultrasound history
March 4th 2005While exploration of Mars and Saturn accounts for most of the news from outer space these days, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have quietly published the results of a shoulder ultrasound exam performed in zero gravity.
Esaote allies with start-up to take ultrasound into silicon era
February 21st 2005Italian imaging systems manufacturer Esaote is planning a radical change in the way its ultrasound scanners handle acoustic information. The Genoa-headquartered company, part of the Bracco group, is preparing to swap a high-tech silicon-based transducer for its conventional ceramic-based technology. The move, scheduled to start in spring 2006, could make Esaote the first ultrasound manufacturer to abandon the decades-old method of converting acoustic waves into images with piezoelectric crystals.
High-end ultrasound system with not-so-high price tag targets midtier buyers
February 21st 2005The HD11 ultrasound system launched worldwide in mid-February by Philips Medical Systems offers a state-of-the-art alternative for budget-strapped healthcare facilities. The company is targeting customers who have been holding off on the purchase of sonography systems for five to seven years or settling for remanufactured platforms from third-party dealers.
CT leads imaging field in plaque assessment
February 7th 2005CT is moving beyond detection and quantification of coronary artery calcium to grading of coronary stenoses, identifying not only vulnerable plaques but, more important, vulnerable patients. Yet its ultimate role in predicting risk of cardiac events remains unclear.
Joe Hogan leads technology side of newly integrated GE-Amersham
January 24th 2005No other company has done what GE has done: The merger of its medical systems unit with British pharmaceutical giant Amersham combined a multimodality maker of imaging equipment with the manufacturer of contrast media.
Ultrasound-based device can diagnose bone loss in space
January 19th 2005A high-resolution ultrasound-based portable device will help physicians calculate bone loss in space travelers, according to researchers at NASA’s National Space Biomedical Research Institute. While focused on space-related health issues, NSBRI findings may translate into help for earth-bound patients with similar conditions.
Ultrasound mimics CT and MR in providing anatomic visualizations
January 10th 2005Ultrasound is incomparable in its niche as a safe, cost-effective, and portable imaging technique. Nevertheless, standard 2D ultrasound suffers because its display of anatomy lacks reproducibility and precision. Unlike CT and MR, which produce uniform sequential pictures of the anatomy wherever and whenever they are done, ultrasound examinations differ from clinic to clinic, operator to operator.
Autologous stem cells can repair urinary tract
January 7th 2005In a major breakthrough, researchers in Austria have developed an ultrasound-guided technique to repair the urinary tract of patients with urinary incontinence by injecting stem cells harvested from the patient's own body. They found that almost every patient had been cured one year after the stem cell treatment.
3D and 4D systems attack weaknesses in ultrasound
December 20th 2004Three- and four-dimensional ultrasound systems have generated stunning pictures, especially of the fetal face, and proffered the tantalizing prospect of offline image reconstruction. Early systems got a lukewarm reception, largely because they lacked wide clinical application, flexibility in image processing, and productivity-conscious tools. But volumetric ultrasound displayed at the RSNA meeting demonstrated the maturation of the technology with new systems for routine general radiology and for imaging complex anatomy and pathology, as well as postprocessing enhancements for presenting and evaluating data in multiple planes and user-friendly, push-button data interrogation.
MR-guided ultrasound offers new strategy for uterine fibroids
December 3rd 2004Patients with uterine fibroids have a new treatment option, which uses MR to guide a high-power ultrasound beam that heats and destroys fibroid tumors. The ExAblate 2000 technology was approved by the FDA in October and showcased at the 2004 RSNA meeting.
Report from RSNA: Radiation oncologists map prostate therapy
December 2nd 2004As radiation therapy develops more sophisticated targeting, researchers are turning to new imaging methods to direct it. Fused scintigraphy and CT images and daily ultrasound scanning both show promise as tools to concentrate intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and spare surrounding healthy tissue.
Report from RSNA: Ultrasound carves out integral role in urinary tract
December 2nd 2004Ultrasound-guided therapy using adult stem cells could expand the modality’s role in the diagnosis and management of urethral and bladder conditions. New applications include endoluminal probes, Doppler technology, and 3D imaging capabilities, according to papers presented at the RSNA meeting Sunday.
CAD system identifies abnormalities in breast sonograms
December 1st 2004Cedara Software is developing a computer-assisted detection system for breast ultrasound. The software, announced as a work-in-progress at the RSNA meeting, is intended to identify the sonographic characteristics of benign as well as malignant breast masses and to classify the extent of malignancy for specific nodules.
Digital multibeam processing augments mid-level ultrasound system
December 1st 2004Medison has added digital multibeam processing to its SonoAce 8000 SE mid-level ultrasound system. The new capability, shown at the RSNA meeting, increases frame rates during both color and 2D imaging and supports harmonic imaging to enhance clarity and spatial resolution. Features include multibeam color and Doppler imaging and pulsed-wave spectral Doppler.