Ultrasound: Page 109

Zonare debuts new products at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems is showing several new products at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 4, 2010

Secondhand smoke damages arteries in teens: study

By Reuters Health

WASHINGTON (Reuters), Mar 3 - Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday. Ultrasound was used to measure the thickness of the aorta and of the carotid artery in the neck.

March 2, 2010

Esaote debuts products at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian ultrasound vendor Esaote has introduced two new products at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria.

March 2, 2010

DVT, pulmonary embolism common with superficial thrombosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 17 - Superficial venous thrombosis is often considered benign, but new research suggests that one in four patients also have deep venous thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). Moreover, many patients without DVT or PE on presentation will develop them in the next three months.

February 16, 2010

New ultrasound techniques show promise in thyroid nodules

By Erik L. Ridley

Differentiating benign from malignant thyroid nodules can be difficult, but advanced ultrasound applications such as elastography, computer-assisted analysis, and 3D ultrasound may make that challenge a little easier, according to a trio of presentations at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

February 4, 2010

DVT predicts death in patients with pulmonary embolism

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 4 - The presence of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with pulmonary embolism is associated with an increased risk of death, according to a report in the January 28 online issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

February 3, 2010

Misonix enters Scandinavia distribution pact

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Misonix has entered into a new distribution agreement with a Scandinavian firm.

February 3, 2010

Uterine fibroid embolization does not accelerate ovarian reserve decline

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 27 - Uterine fibroid embolization in young women does not accelerate a decline in ovarian reserve as they age, Italian researchers say. They reported their five-year follow-up data in a January 13 online paper in Fertility and Sterility.

January 26, 2010

Medical images unlikely to change risky behavior, study shows

By Donna Domino

If you show an obese person a medical image of their plaque-clogged arteries, will it help motivate them to get more exercise? Not necessarily, although you might have better luck getting smokers to change their ways, according to a new review of literature from the Cochrane Collaboration.

January 24, 2010

Experience counts when reading contrast ultrasound liver images

By Erik L. Ridley

Radiologists with experience reading contrast-enhanced ultrasound images have the upper hand over neophytes in characterizing malignant liver tumors, according to research published in the January issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

January 18, 2010

Growth rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms predicts need for intervention

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - Only about half of small abdominal aortic aneurysms will increase in size, and those that grow less than 1.5 mm per year are seldom of clinical relevance, new research suggests.

January 6, 2010

Ultrasound elastography characterizes fibrosis severity

By Erik L. Ridley

A Spanish research team has found that ultrasound elastography can reliably differentiate between rapid or slow fibrosis in liver transplant patients, paving the way for earlier identification of patients at risk of hepatitis C recurrence.

January 5, 2010

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