Ultrasound

 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.

Articles

Breast ultrasound/MRI fusion significantly improves localization of incidentally detected MRI lesions which are occult on an initial ultrasound survey alone.  

Breast Ultrasound/MRI Fusion May Help Reduce MRI-Guided Biopsies 

Videos

The work of a breast imager goes far beyond the pink-out of every October.

Dana N. Bonaminio, M.D. on Priorities for Today's Breast Imagers

Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital proposed an algorithm for appropriate axillary nodal imaging to better align with changes in treatment algorithms for axillary nodal disease in patients with breast cancer.

Proposed Algorithm for Axillary Ultrasound Evaluation in Breast Cancer Patients Seeks Middle Ground

Dr. Gruen is the chief medical officer of IBM Watson Health Imaging.

Artificial intelligence can help seek out and identify high-risk patients who might benefit from more extensive screening. 

Personalizing Breast Cancer Risk Assessment 

Michelle Alexander has over 20 years experience as a registered sonographer and greater than 10 years in the development of strain elastography, point shear wave elastography and real-time shear wave elastography. Michelle has done extensive global scientific research with all types of elastography in the areas of liver, prostate, breast, thyroid, kidney, cervical and musculoskeletal applications alongside luminaries in Europe, China, Canada and the United States. In addition, she holds a patent in the United States and Europe for elastography visualization

Advancements in image quality and advanced technologies in ultrasound devices such as shearwave imaging can help.

The Importance of Ultrasound When Determining Suspicious Abnormalities in Breast Tissue

Pranav Chitkara, M.D. is a Board Certified, Fellowship Trained Radiologist. Dr. Chitkara completed medical school at The University of Texas Southwestern and his radiology residency at State University of New York in Brooklyn. Dr. Chitkara also completed his fellowship in Musculoskeletal Imaging at Cleveland Clinic.

40-week-old male with a prenatally diagnosed abnormality on screening ultrasound. What is the diagnosis?

Image IQ Quiz: Infant With Prenatally Diagnosed Abnormality on Ultrasound

Jodi Miller is Director, Market Development of FUJIFILM Sonosite

Known as the  "Swiss Army knife" of healthcare, point-of-care ultrasound—or POCUS—has come a long way. 

The Evolution of Point-of-Care Ultrasound

Feminizing hormone therapy may increase the risk of breast cancer in transgender women, a growing body of research suggests, underscoring a need for health care providers to understand the risks, breast imaging features, and health care needs of this demographic.

Understanding Breast Imaging Features of Transgender Women Is Key to Improving Care

Whitney J. Palmer has been with Diagnostic Imaging since 2011, serving as the Senior Editor since November 2019. She has 20 years experience in healthcare and academic medicine reporting.

Including a DNA-methylation analysis could improve early diagnosis for BI-RADS 4 patients.

Adding Liquid Biopsy to Breast Imaging Could Improve Accuracy

Non-invasive test misses more than four times the number of endometrial cancer cases in Black women than with white counterparts.



Women's Health Ultrasound