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?
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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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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.
Contrast ultrasound zeroes in on focal liver lesions
November 30th 2004Sonographic examination with microbubble contrast agents can reliably characterize focal liver lesions, confirm or exclude hepatocellular carcinomas, and remove the need for more invasive, costly imaging, according to studies presented Monday.
GE promotes volumetric ultrasound with 4D upgrade of Logiq 9
November 30th 2004GE Healthcare is framing 4D ultrasound as the way to accelerate workflow, using protocols developed for the company’s new version of the Logiq 9. The scanner, outfitted with 4D algorithms and three volumetric probes, debuted this week at the company’s booth on the RSNA exhibit floor.
Multislice CT refines acute appendicitis diagnosis
November 29th 2004Radiologists are taking advantage of new data that support imaging techniques to rule out acute appendicitis. They may help lead to consensus on the best protocols to diagnose this condition accurately, according to studies presented Monday.
Radiation oncologists map prostate therapy
November 29th 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.
Heavy keyboard use leads to changes in typists’ hands
November 28th 2004As I type this article in the newsroom at McCormick Place, subtle but clinically significant changes may be occurring in my fingers. If ever I undergo an imaging examination of my hands and wrists, the radiologist will need to know that increased fluid in my 2nd and 5th flexor sheaths is probably quite normal because I am a regular typist.
Ultrasound carves out integral role in urinary tract
November 28th 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.
FDA clearances surge in October, keep industry in line for new record
November 22nd 2004The industry jumped back on track in October, clearing 36 new devices compared with 25 the month before. October’s pace was slower than the same month a year earlier, when 42 radiological devices passed review. But for 2004, vendors stayed slightly ahead of the previous -- record --year: 283 to 277.
Philips echo product incorporates advanced 3D visualization, quantification
November 10th 2004Philips’ new echocardiography platform, iE33, promises to do for cardiology what its iU22 scanner began doing earlier this year for radiology: boost image quality while providing an integral connection to volumetric imaging that allows 3D visualization and quantification.
Industry enters regulatory doldrums as FDA clearances dip in September
November 10th 2004A lull enveloped September, as FDA reviewers cleared just 25 new radiological devices -- a slight dip from August and well below the earlier summer months, which rode into the high 30s. The industry was still well ahead of last year, however, in the total number of devices cleared for marketing in the U.S.
GE Healthcare prepares volumetric ultrasound for next RSNA meeting
November 10th 2004GE Healthcare will focus on volumetric ultrasound at the RSNA meeting this year - not the postprocessing, time-consuming kind that has come to characterize 4D ultrasound for much of the past decade, but one that acquires volumes of data that remain intact and can be interrogated later on. It's an important distinction that GE executives hope will change the practice of ultrasound and provide the company with an edge over its competitors.