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Ultrasound: Page 107
Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions
By
Eric Barnes
Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.
July 29, 2010
For persistent fibroids, a less invasive option
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - A procedure that stops the blood supply to fibroids could be a safe and effective alternative to hysterectomy for women whose fibroid symptoms won't go away, according to a new study.
July 27, 2010
Cardiac dysfunction common in young adults after childhood cancer
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 27 - Young adult survivors of childhood cancer have an "alarmingly" high rate of subclinical cardiac dysfunction, researchers reported July 26 in the
Archives of Internal Medicine
.
July 26, 2010
Myocardial echo bests SPECT in assessing hibernating myocardium
By
Erik L. Ridley
Myocardial contrast echocardiography can outperform SPECT for assessing hibernating myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy, London researchers report in the
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
.
July 25, 2010
High-intensity focused ultrasound effective for localized prostate cancer
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 21 - In men with localized prostate cancer, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can achieve results comparable to those expected with external-beam radiation therapy, a French group reports.
July 20, 2010
Salvage radiation effective after ultrasound treatment of localized prostate cancer
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), June 30 - Salvage radiation therapy effectively treats local failure following high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for localized prostate cancer, according to a study published online on June 11 in
European Urology
.
June 29, 2010
High-resolution ultrasound helps in diagnosis of blue skin lesions
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 29 - What appears to be a blue nevus might be a cutaneous melanoma metastasis. High-resolution ultrasonography can help dermatologists make the diagnosis, a team in Tours, France, has shown.
June 28, 2010
Cardiovascular risk assessment not improved with carotid measure
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 23 - Even though carotid intima media thickness independently predicts cardiovascular disease events, this parameter does not add useful information to traditional risk factor assessment in the general population, investigators in Germany report.
June 22, 2010
New elastography technique helps characterize breast lesions
By
Kate Madden Yee
An elastography technique called supersonic shear imaging aids breast lesion characterization when used with B-mode ultrasound, according to a new study from France published in the July issue of
Radiology
.
June 15, 2010
Hysteroscopy still beats sonography for diagnosing endometrial pathology
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 3 - For diagnosing endometrial pathology, hysteroscopy is, not unexpectedly, more accurate than either saline infusion sonohysterography (SIS) or transvaginal ultrasound. But there's still a place for SIS in the workup of women with an intracavitary mass, Greek researchers say.
June 2, 2010
Transcranial Doppler IDs stroke risk in asymptomatic carotid stenosis
By
Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cerebral emboli on transcranial Doppler ultrasonography are markers of an increased risk for stroke in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, investigators reported in the
Lancet Neurology
. They also announced their findings at the European Stroke Conference in Barcelona.
May 30, 2010
FAST recommended first for kids with blunt abdominal trauma
By
Cynthia E. Keen
In many emergency departments, CT exams are the imaging study most frequently ordered for patients admitted with blunt abdominal trauma. However, pediatric surgeons and radiologists from Germany recommend that ultrasound combined with clinical assessment is just as effective, thus avoiding radiation exposure.
May 6, 2010
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