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GE 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.

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Philips introduces ultrasound upgradesDynamic Imaging readies digital mammography

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Volcano installs advanced IVUSDiagnostic Ultrasound adopts new nameCivco launches needle systems

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Ultrasonix recruits new CFOMedrad reaches milestoneCivco combats motion artifactsPreclinical firm snags funds for SPECT/MRI

An 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.

Smart 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.

Combining 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.

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Philips demonstrates cardiac enhancementsDel Global names new execs

When it comes to interventional work, Toshiba wants to streamline procedures and capitalize on acquired data. One approach to realizing those goals is physical, the other is philosophical.

Researchers in the U.K. have found that an ultrasound-guided steroid and anesthetic injection can alleviate the pain and disability affecting soccer players with posterior ankle impingement. The minimally invasive treatment could help players recover pain-free mobility and return to the pitch sooner than conventional treatment would allow.

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Agfa profits rise on weak salesZecotek strikes OCT allianceFDA clears XR/ultrasound hybrid

Physicians should continue to be prudent about the use of ultrasound and perform the study only when medically necessary and when benefits outweigh risk, according to the American College of Radiology. The advice comes in the wake of recent findings by Yale researchers that link prenatal ultrasound exposure to brain damage.