Ultrasound: Page 119

Transvaginal ultrasound screening fails to detect early-stage ovarian cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 26 - Annual screening by transvaginal ultrasound and CA125 measurement does not reliably detect early-stage ovarian cancer, according to a report in the December issue of BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

December 25, 2007

MDMA abuse linked to valvular heart disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 29 - The use of the recreational drug MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly known as ecstasy, can cause cardiac valvulopathy in young adults, investigators in Belgium report in the November issue of the American Journal of Cardiology. The group examined the potential clinical ramifications of MDMA use by comparing echocardiographic data from 29 subjects who had used MDMA for at least six months and 29 age-matched controls.

November 28, 2007

Migraine with aura may be linked with patent foramen ovale

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 28 - The results of a study published in the October issue of Headache suggest a possible association between migraine with aura and patent foramen ovale. Researchers from Poland evaluated 121 migraine patients, and transcranial Doppler with contrast medium was performed during Valsalva maneuver to diagnose patent foramen ovale.

November 27, 2007

Zonare hits 1K milestone

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, announced it has recently shipped its 1,000th z.one ultrasound system.

November 26, 2007

US-based minimally invasive treatments prove feasible for uterine fibroids

By Shalmali Pal

When it comes to the ultrasound-based treatment of uterine fibroids, clinicians should target patients whose benign tumors are not too big or not too small, according to two new studies. Researchers from Italy found that that percutaneous sonography-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) was particularly adept at shrinking medium-sized fibroids, while a Japanese team found that MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery was an optimal therapy option for fibroids with specific characteristics on preoperative imaging.

November 19, 2007

Cordis partners with Volcano in Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European divisions of interventional device firm Cordis of Waterloo, Belgium, and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano have signed a deal to market IVUS technology to European hospitals.

November 11, 2007

Aloka launches new ProSound scanners

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Aloka is introducing new additions to its ProSound ultrasound line at the upcoming World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, October 7-11 in Florence, Italy.

October 3, 2007

Xograph to sell Mindray devices in U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has signed a distribution agreement with Chinese medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International.

September 17, 2007

TomTec launches 4D ultrasound

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound visualization developer TomTec Imaging Systems said it plans to debut a new version of its 4D RV-Function software at the 2007 European Society of Cardiology congress, to be held September 1-5 in Vienna, Austria.

August 29, 2007

Giant virtual reality chamber boosts 3D echo accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Have you ever diagnosed a three-foot-tall 3D heart? Talk about cardiomegaly. Researchers from the Netherlands who survived the experience found they could diagnose valve defects that went unnoticed in a standard 2D exam. At the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Berlin, Anton Koning, Ph.D., from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam discussed how 3D visualizes complex pathology of the heart and how image display can be improved with different kinds of VR (virtual reality) systems.

August 1, 2007

Medipattern inks partnership with GE

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern of Toronto has landed a big fish for its ultrasound CAD software -- GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.

June 26, 2007

ContextVision signs OEM contracts

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has signed three long-term North American OEM agreements for its GOPView image enhancement software.

June 11, 2007

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