Ultrasound: Page 104

Malignant breast masses spotted better with automated US

By Rebekah Moan

An automated breast ultrasound system (ABUS) provides significantly higher sensitivity for detecting malignant breast masses than for benign masses, according to a study published online February 16 in the European Journal of Radiology.

February 28, 2011

Aloka touts work on ultrasound e-flow

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Aloka is highlighting clinical work currently under way on the use of its ultrasound-based e-flow technology to identify inflammatory regions that could be signs of tendonitis.

February 22, 2011

USHIFU adds Brazilian, Russian customers

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) developer USHIFU announced that its Sonablate 500 medical device is now available for the first time for prostate cancer patients living in Brazil, at the Hospital Nossa Senhora das Graças in Curitiba.

February 16, 2011

Siemens wins U.K. ultrasound contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has won a contract for five of its ultrasound systems at a U.K. hospital foundation.

February 16, 2011

CEUS characterizes incidental liver lesions on CT, MRI

By Erik L. Ridley

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can effectively characterize solid focal liver lesions detected as incidental findings in the noncirrhotic liver, potentially avoiding the need for biopsy, according to research from the University of Trieste in Italy.

January 27, 2011

Targeson eyes European market

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound imaging technology developer Targeson has formed a relationship with TouchDown Biomarketing of Bemmel, the Netherlands.

January 26, 2011

Siemens installs US scanners at U.K. hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has installed five Acuson S2000 2.0 ultrasound systems at Royal Bolton Hospital in Bolton, U.K.

January 26, 2011

Translabial ultrasound helps in labor assessment

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Intrapartum translabial ultrasound appears to be an effective way to monitor birth progress in term fetuses in cephalic presentation, researchers report in BJOG online November 18.

December 27, 2010

Long after complicated pregnancy, maternal cardiac problems develop

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many years after preeclampsia, women have an increased risk for cardiac dysfunction, Austrian researchers report in BJOG online November 18.

December 21, 2010

Czech prenatal US screening program improves CHD detection

By Erik L. Ridley

A review of 21 years of experience from the Czech Republic's national prenatal ultrasound screening program found significant and improving antenatal detection of congenital heart disease (CHD). But mortality still remains high, according to the research published in Heart.

December 20, 2010

Ultrasound effective in screening for endometrial cancer

By Erik L. Ridley

Transvaginal ultrasound screening can detect endometrial cancer before symptoms appear in postmenopausal women, according to research from the U.K. published online in Lancet Oncology.

December 12, 2010

Vessel targeting enhances uterine fibroid ablation

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Targeted MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation of vessels supplying uterine fibroids could achieve complete fibroid ablation with reduced treatment times, according to a study from the Netherlands.

December 7, 2010

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