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Siemens Healthineers Launches Acuson Sequoia to Address Industry Challenges in Ultrasound Imaging

June 22, 2018 – MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun 22, 2018–Siemens Healthineers has announced the launch of its new ultrasound system, the Acuson Sequoia. The new Acuson Sequoia, a general imaging […]

SonoVue approved in China for intravesical use in ultrasonography of the excretory tract to detect vesicoureteral reflux

June 21, 2018 – Milan (Italy), June 20, 2018 – Bracco Imaging S.p.A., a global leader in diagnostic imaging, recently announced that its ultrasound contrast agent SonoVue® (sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles) […]

Bracco's SonoVue ultrasound contrast cleared in China

Jun 20, 2018 – By staff writers @ Aunt Minnie Contrast developer Bracco Imaging has received clearance from Chinese regulators for the use of its SonoVue (sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles) ultrasound […]

The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography Combined with Real-Time Strain Elastography in the Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer.

June 18, 2018 – Abstract To evaluate the performance of a combination of real-time strain elastography (RTSE) and contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound (CETRUS) for prostate cancer detection. Patients with serum prostate-specific […]

The Therapeutic Ultrasound Network for Drug Delivery and Ablation Research

13th June 2018 – Professor Gail ter Haar, leader of the Therapeutic Ultrasound Team at The Institute of Cancer Research, UK reflects on the impressive potential of therapeutic ultrasound and […]

AIUM Names Richard G. Barr, MD, Next Journal Editor-in-Chief

June 12, 2018 – NEWS PROVIDED BY AIUM LAUREL, M.D., June 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) is proud to announce that Richard G. […]

Emerging Strategies and Future Perspectives in Neuro-Oncology Using Transcranial Focused Ultrasonography Technology

June 8, 2018 – Abstract Highlights FUS conveys an ultrasound beam at target points at certain frequencies. The objective of the research was to apply FUS to the treatment of […]

Perfluorooctylbromide nanoparticles for ultrasound imaging and drug delivery

May 25, 2018 – Abstract: Perfluorooctylbromide nanoparticles (PFOB NPs) are a type of multifunctional nanotechnology that has been studied for various medical applications. Commercial ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) suffer from […]

New ultrasound imaging technique better detects prostate cancer

April 23, 2018 By Lauren Dubinsky , Senior Reporter A team of researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia has discovered a way to better diagnose prostate cancer with ultrasound […]

Association between fractional flow reserve, instantaneous wave-free ratio and dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with stable coronary artery disease.

March 20, 2018 – Abstract Aims The association between fractional flow reserve (FFR) and dobutamine stress echocardiography(DSE) in real-world stable angina patients is scant and controversial whereas no such comparison […]

International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Message from the ILCA President

Mar 20, 2018 Dear colleagues, Worldwide interest in HCC continues to grow. In 2017 Pubmed recorded over 7000 articles in which HCC was a keyword. Of these about 10% were […]

Can Doppler or contrast-enhanced ultrasound analysis add diagnostically important information about the nature of breast lesions?

Clinics (Sao Paulo) — February, 2014 Authors: Stanzani D1, Chala LF1, Barros Nd1, Cerri GG1, Chammas MC1. 1 Instituto de Radiologia do Hospital das Clínicas da, Faculdade de Medicina da, […]

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