Ultrasound society urges FDA to eliminate 'outdated' contrast label warnings
September 1, 2020 — Health Imaging By Matt O’Connor A nonprofit medical society on Monday urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to eliminate “black box” warnings on ultrasound contrast […]
FDA Urged to Nix Black Box Label for Ultrasound Contrast Agents
September 1, 2020 — Diagnostic Imaging By Whitney J. Palmer Grassroots group points to substantial clinical evidence of safety in call for agency to remove the warning. Citing significant clinical […]
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound; State of the Art in North America
Ultrasound Quarterly – September 1, 2020 Abstract The Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound convened a panel of specialists in contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to produce a white paper on noncardiac CEUS […]
FDA Urged to Remove Boxed Warnings on Ultrasound Contrast Agents
August 31, 2020 — Media release – Business Wire A grassroots medical society today urged the FDA to remove boxed warnings from ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), citing compelling scientific data […]
To Give or Not to Give? Ultrasound Enhancing Agents Remain Underutilized Tools for the Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
August 20, 2020 — JASE Background Ultrasound enhancing agents (UEAs) have been demonstrated to improve left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) quantification and impact clinical decisions. Nevertheless, UEAs are used in […]
Ultrasound Enhanced S100A4-shRNA Delivery Using Acoustically Activated Cationic Lipid Nanodroplets to Reach and Treat Myocytes within the Developing Scar Zone
August 20, 2020 — JASE Background Definity nanodroplets (DND), formulated from commercial Definity microbubbles (DMB), can extravasate through endothelial barriers and be reactivated to microbubbles by transthoracic ultrasound. The exact […]
ASE Features Top 20 Echocardiography Research Abstract Presentations
Echocardiography strain imaging at ASE. #ASE2020 August 20, 2020 — DAIC – Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology All ASE 2020 abstracts can be viewed at: www.onlinejase.com/article/S0894-7317(20)30227-3/pdf More than 350 posters featuring […]
CEUS helps predict chronic kidney disease progression
August 14, 2020 — AuntMinnie By Theresa Pablos, AuntMinnie staff writer Clinicians may be able to use contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features to help predict which patients with chronic kidney disease […]
FDA approves RFID option for Definity contrast
August 12, 2020 — Aunt Minnie.com By AuntMinnie.com staff writers Lantheus Medical Imaging has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for version of its Definity ultrasound contrast […]
Improving Prognostic and Chronicity Evaluation of Chronic Kidney Disease with Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Index-Derived Peak Intensity
Aug 9, 2020 — Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Abstract The capability of contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to assess the prognosis and chronicity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) was evaluated in […]
The use of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in COVID-19 lung imaging
August 4, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound Abstract Lung ultrasound has become an essential tool for rapid bedside assessment in critically unwell patients, proving helpful in assessment of COVID-19 due […]
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Evaluation of Renal Blood Perfusion Changes After Percutaneous Transluminal Renal Angioplasty and Stenting for Severe Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis
August 1, 2020 — Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology Abstract This study used contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) to evaluate changes in renal cortical blood perfusion after percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty and […]
Fully Automated Quantification of Contrast and Non-Contrast Echocardiograms Eliminates Inter-Operator Variability
June, 2020 — Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) Abstract Background Automated echocardiographic image analysis removes inter-operator variability which represents a major paradigm shift in current clinical practice […]
Acoustical tweezers trap microbubbles
29 July, 2020 — Physics World By Isabelle Dumé, Contributing Editor Researchers at Imperial College London, UK have demonstrated for the first time that microscopic bubbles of gas can be […]
Accelerating thrombolysis using a precision and clot-penetrating drug delivery strategy by nanoparticle-shelled microbubbles
July 29, 2020 — Science Advances Abstract Conventional thrombolytic drugs for vascular blockage such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) are challenged by the low bioavailability, off-target side effects and limited […]
Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System for Diagnosing Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta‐Analysis
July 28, 2020 — Liver International Abstract Background and aims Contrast‐enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI‐RADS) is a comprehensive system for standardizing CEUS at high risk […]
EAU 2020: Ultrasound in Prostate Cancer Imaging: Dead or Ready to Get Started?
July 19, 2020 — UroToday.com Extract As part of a plenary presentation at the 2020 European Association of Urology (EAU) Virtual Annual Meeting assessing “Modern Prostate Cancer Imaging in Daily […]
How Is COVID ‐19 Changing Lung Ultrasound? A Survey by the Thoracic Ultrasound Academy
July 16, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine We thank all Accademia di Ecografia Toracica members for their enthusiasm in taking part in the group’s activities and their strength […]
Contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound can reduce collection of unnecessary biopsies when diagnosing prostate cancer and is predictive of biochemical recurrence following a radical prostatectomy in patients with localized prostate cancer
July 16, 2020 — BMC Urology Abstract Background To investigate the value of using contrast-enhanced transrectal ultrasound (CETRUS) to reduce unnecessary collection of biopsies during prostate cancer diagnosis and its […]
Expecting the unexpected: Echo laboratory preparedness in the time of COVID‐19
July 13, 2020 — Echocardiography Abstract COVID‐19 poses a unique set of challenges to the healthcare system due to its rapid spread, intensive resource utilization, and relatively high morbidity and […]