The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) submitted a citizen petition to the FDA asking the agency to eliminate boxed warnings from ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) because data and clinical experience show they are unnecessary.

Engineers at the University of British Columbia in Canada have developed a new ultrasound transducer that may lower the cost of ultrasound scanners to $100, according to research published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a more accurate imaging modality for predicting malignancy in suspicious kidney tumors than CT or MRI, according to new research presented at the Advances in Contrast Ultrasound International Bubble Conference in Chicago.

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) is urging medical centers to discontinue practice policies that limit qualified sonographers to assist in administering ultrasound contrast agents (UCA).

Pauline Reedy believes her breast cancer was detected one to two years earlier thanks to an ultrasound that was conducted in addition to a mammogram because of the 71-year-old's dense breast tissue.

Ultrasound is an effective screening tool for assessing soft-tissue masses referred by primary care providers, according to a new study published in Clinical Radiology. The authors added that a “vast majority” of these masses are benign.

Ultrasound conducted before a patient develops cardiac symptoms could improve early detection of vascular problems, scientists in Leicester, England, reported this week.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) are planning to study the ability of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open a brain cancer patient’s blood-brain barrier. This will be the first clinical trial of its kind in the United States.