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Ultrasound is a procedure in which high-energy sound waves are bounced off internal tissues or organs and make echoes. The echo patterns are shown on the screen of an ultrasound machine, forming a picture of body tissues called a sonogram. Also called ultrasonography.

Single puncture technique safe and effective in intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement

One venous puncture, rather than two, is a safe and effective approach to intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement in critically-ill patients, a new study shows.

22 Apr 2013

Study: Anesthesia increases success rates of version procedures, decreases cost of delivery

When a baby is in the breech position at the end of pregnancy, obstetricians can sometimes turn the baby head-down to enable a safer vaginal birth.

22 Apr 2013

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

MR-guided focused ultrasound is a new technique that involves focusing 1024 beams of ultrasound through the skull to a focal point in the brain, very much like using the sun and a magnifying glass to burn a hole in a sheet of paper.

22 Apr 2013

Photoacoustic imaging helps preserve healthy nodes in patients with metastasized cancer

If a tumour has spread through the lymph nodes, the decision is often taken to exercise caution and remove extra tissue, to prevent it from spreading further. This often involves the removal of healthy lymph nodes.

22 Apr 2013

Study shows screening breast ultrasound detects more cancers in women with greater breast density

Screening breast ultrasound performed after mammography on women with greater than 50% breast density detects an additional 3.4 cancers or high risk lesions per one thousand woman screened, a detection rate just under that of screening mammography alone for women with less dense breasts, a new study shows.

20 Apr 2013

Obstructive salivary gland disease treatment: an interview with Thomas Cherry, Cook Medical

Everyone is familiar with urinary stones (kidney stones). The same thing can actually happen in your salivary ducts. These types of stones and strictures occur not nearly as frequently as kidney stones but they still occur quite often. The latest data we have seen showed about 1 in 5,000 patients actually have some type of obstructive salivary duct disorder.

From COOK MEDICAL INC. 19 Apr 2013

Study: Shock wave-facilitated cell therapy improves outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure

Treatment that consisted of shock wave (procedure using high-dose ultrasound)-mediated preconditioning of the target heart tissue prior to administration of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells was associated with significant, albeit modest improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (a measure of how well the left ventricle of the heart pumps with each contraction) after 4 months in patients with chronic postinfarction heart failure, according to a study in the April 17 issue of JAMA.

18 Apr 2013

Study indicates multispectral photoacoustic imaging can distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue

Multispectral photoacoustic imaging, which combines laser optics and ultrasound imaging technologies, can reliably distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue, a new study indicates.

18 Apr 2013

Henry Ford physician inducted into Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame

Scott Dulchavsky, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, will be inducted today into the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame for his work training astronauts to use ultrasound technology in space.

18 Apr 2013

EKOS presents results of DUET trial at 35th Annual Charing Cross International Symposium

EKOS Corporation, a privately held medical device company located in Bothell, Washington, announced the results of DUET, the world's first and only multi-center randomized trial that compares ultrasound-accelerated, catheter-directed thrombolysis to standard side-hole, catheter-directed thrombolysis for the treatment of acute peripheral arterial thrombotic occlusions.

17 Apr 2013

Carticept Medical gets FDA clearance for Navigator Delivery System

Carticept Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative drug delivery systems, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its enhanced Navigator Delivery System, the first and only FDA-cleared, computer-controlled injection system intended to increase the efficiency, comfort, safety and accuracy of musculoskeletal injections.

16 Apr 2013

Women with sufficient amounts of vitamin D less likely to develop uterine fibroids

Women who had sufficient amounts of vitamin D were 32 percent less likely to develop fibroids than women with insufficient vitamin D, according to a study from researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

16 Apr 2013

New breast imaging programs effective in diagnosing palpable breast masses in Ugandan women

Radiologists are a step closer to implementing a program in an underserved region of Uganda for diagnosing and treating women with palpable breast masses.

15 Apr 2013

New ACMG statement on Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has just released an important new Policy Statement on "Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy."

9 Apr 2013

First Edition: April 8, 2013

Today's headlines include reports about the politics surrounding the Wednesday unveiling of President Barack Obama's budget as well as other news about the health law's implementation.

8 Apr 2013

Pros and cons of new screening technologies for breast cancer

Although mammography, the gold standard of breast cancer screening, reduces breast cancer mortality, it has important limitations. Critics point to reduced sensitivity for women with dense breasts, a high rate of false positives leading to excessive biopsies, and concerns about long-term effects of repeated radiation.

8 Apr 2013

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Single puncture technique safe and effective in intravascular ultrasound-guided inferior vena cava filter placement

Study: Anesthesia increases success rates of version procedures, decreases cost of delivery

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

Photoacoustic imaging helps preserve healthy nodes in patients with metastasized cancer

Study shows screening breast ultrasound detects more cancers in women with greater breast density

Obstructive salivary gland disease treatment: an interview with Thomas Cherry, Cook Medical

Study: Shock wave-facilitated cell therapy improves outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure

Study indicates multispectral photoacoustic imaging can distinguish between benign and malignant prostate tissue

Henry Ford physician inducted into Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame

EKOS presents results of DUET trial at 35th Annual Charing Cross International Symposium

Carticept Medical gets FDA clearance for Navigator Delivery System

Women with sufficient amounts of vitamin D less likely to develop uterine fibroids

New breast imaging programs effective in diagnosing palpable breast masses in Ugandan women

New ACMG statement on Noninvasive Prenatal Screening for Fetal Aneuploidy

First Edition: April 8, 2013

Pros and cons of new screening technologies for breast cancer

Samsung to showcase UGEO H60 ultrasound system at AIUM Annual Convention

ACMG supports use of non-invasive prenatal screening in women with singleton pregnancies

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