Ultrasound

Ultrasound, also referred to as sonography or diagnostic ultrasound, uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize soft tissue. Ultrasounds are frequently ordered to measure fetal anatomy during pregnancy, check for blood clots and to guide needle biopsy procedures of the breast, abdomen and pelvis. The imaging modality does not use any radiation to create images. Find news specific to cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography).

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Follow-up ultrasound ovarian imaging offers little benefit to patients, experts advise

The incidental spotting of these “simple cysts” has increased in recent years, leading to unnecessary surveillance, Mass General researchers noted. 

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GE Healthcare books ‘largest ever’ ultrasound order for $11M with Pennsylvania provider

Twelve-hospital St. Luke’s University Health Network plans to implement the Chicago-based company’s US and IT workflow solutions across its entire system. 

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Philips sees diagnostic sales slide 3%, including declines in ultrasound, MRI orders

The Amsterdam-based giant pinned the downturn on the postponement of radiology system installations and elective procedures.

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Ultrasound technique offers cheaper alternative to CT for quantifying lung health assessments

The method could also be delivered by nonradiologist personnel with minimal training, noted experts from two North Carolina institutions. 

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Distinguished Philadelphia radiologist and ultrasound expert Harvey Nisenbaum dies

His contributions to the specialty were numerous over the past 40-plus years, serving on 140 committees as a member of 15 different professional societies. 

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Radiology leader Johns Hopkins notches $13.5M grant to develop implantable ultrasound imaging devices

Funding comes by way of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will be used to create high-resolution US tech to monitor traumatic spinal cord injuries.

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Radiology must change the payment paradigm for point-of-care ultrasound, experts charge

Scientists with the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and the ACR are proposing a framework that would position POCUS as a completely different type of evaluation from DXUS. 

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Fujifilm’s point-of-care ultrasound scores FDA clearance for COVID-19 use, plus more radiology vendor news

Also, Hyperfine's portable MRI touted in JAMA Neurology, United Imaging partners with Mass General on AI, and more. 

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