Panasonic shows its tough side

Offering a combination of intuitive touchscreen controls and enhanced image clarity, the portable Flash 5100 POC ultrasound platform reportedly facilitates confident and rapid assessment in emergency radiology and critical care settings.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Shalom Kalnicki, from Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, discusses the disparities minority patients face with cancer screenings and what can be done to increase access during the pandemic.

In a new literature review, researchers discussed key considerations with the use of B-mode ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Dr. Laurence Klotz discusses micro-ultrasound as a faster, less invasive, more cost-effective screening strategy compared to mpMRI in this podcast.

Incorporating six independent predictive factors for malignant thyroid nodules with peripheral calcifications, an emerging ultrasound-based nomogram provided an 88.2 percent AUC in validation testing.

Those receiving ultrasound enhancing agents (UEAs) for transthoracic or stress echocardiography had lower odds of all-cause death in comparison to patients who did not have UEAs, according to a nationwide study involving 11.4 million patients.