The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ran a new profile on former student and current professor emeritus Peter Callen, MD, who is perhaps best known as the author of a celebrated textbook on ultrasound.

After a negative mammogram, additional ultrasound for patients experiencing breast pain is unlikely to provide value, according to a study published by Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. If additional symptoms are present, however, ultrasound may be worth considering.

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, Inc. continues to support ultrasound education for physiatrists in physical medicine and rehabilitation with its sponsorship of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) annual meeting, Physiatry ’18, being held this week in Atlanta, GA.

Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK US) is being used more and more outside of radiology, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

An abscess is one of the few breast-specific emergencies that require urgent treatment in emergency departments (EDs). A new study, presented at RSNA 2017 in Chicago, found that ED environments generate unnecessary exams in addition to some that incompletely identify malignancies.

British researchers have successfully outfitted a needle with optical fibers capable of transmitting and receiving ultrasonic pulses within the heart during minimally invasive cardiac surgeries. The achievement may represent a new way to optically image tiny tissue targets in real time and at high resolution throughout the body.

The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) issued new guidelines for live model ultrasound scanning for educational purposes.

Purusha River knew what she wanted to do the minute she saw it. Just 19 years old, River went with a friend for her fetal ultrasound. The next day, River changed her major and pursued a career in ultrasound technology.