Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID‐19
Pneumonia, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or Something Else? May 12, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 spiepr132 (COVID‐19) represents a very heterogeneous disease. Some aspects […]
Real time ultrasound molecular imaging of prostate Cancer with PSMA-targeted Nanobubbles
Apr 26, 2020 — Nanomedicine Abstract Contrast-enhanced ultrasound with microbubbles has shown promise in detection of prostate cancer (PCa), but sensitivity and specificity remain challenging. Targeted nanoscale-contrast agents with improved […]
Limited added value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound over B-mode for the subtyping of hepatocellular adenomas
April 24, 2020 — European Journal of Radiology Abstract Purpose To compare the features of hepatocellular adenoma subtypes (HCAs) in B-mode and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Method Thirty-three patients (31 women […]
Sonothrombolysis Improves Myocardial Dynamics and Microvascular Obstruction Preventing Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients With ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
April 23, 2019 — American Heart Association Abstract Background: It has recently been demonstrated that high-energy diagnostic transthoracic ultrasound and intravenous microbubbles dissolve thrombi (sonothrombolysis) and increase angiographic recanalization rates […]
Benefits, Open Questions and Challenges of the use of Ultrasound in the COVID-19 pandemic era
The views of a panel of worldwide international experts European Journal of Ultrasound – Ultraschall in der Medizin Authors: Fabio Piscaglia*, Federico Stefanini, Vito Cantisani, Paul S. Sidhu, Richard Barr, […]
Lung Ultrasound in COVID-19 Webinar
April 14, 2020 — EFSUMB Presenters: F. Piscaglia, F. Stefanini, V. Salvatore To view webinar presentations, go to: http://www.efsumb.org/blog/webinar-covid19-pp Presentations: INTRODUCTION ON THE CLINICAL PICTURE OF COVID-19 DISEASE. BASIC CONCEPTS […]
The pediatric benefits of contrast enhanced ultrasound
April 20, 2020 — HealthCareBusiness News By Lauren Dubinsky, Senior Reporter In recent years, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has emerged as a novel way to image children for certain indications. Unlike […]
First Protocol on How to Use Lung Ultrasound to Triage COVID-19
April 09, 2020 — EFSUMB By Liam Davenport The first protocol for the use of lung ultrasound to quantitively and reproducibly assess the degree of lung involvement in patients suspected […]
Ultrasound’s Role in Alzheimer’s Treatment Research
April 2, 2020 — Imaging technology News (ITN) By Katie Caron Editor at Scranton Gillette Communications An estimated 44 million people worldwide are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most […]
Proposal for International Standardization of the Use of Lung Ultrasound for Patients With COVID‐19
A Simple, Quantitative, Reproducible Method March 30, 2020 — Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) Authors: Gino Soldati MD, Andrea Smargiassi MD, PhD, Riccardo Inchingolo MD, Danilo Buonsenso MD, Tiziano […]
Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story
May 1, 2020 — ScienceDirect – Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Abstract The epidemic of increasing fatty liver disease and liver cancer worldwide, and especially in Western society, has given […]
Use of CEUS LI-RADS for the Accurate Diagnosis of Nodules in Patients at Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Validation Study
March 27, 2009 — Radiology: Imaging Cancer Abstract CEUS LI-RADS provided high specificity for noninvasive imaging-based diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma, removing the need for tissue diagnosis; in addition, it allowed […]
CEUS of Focal Liver Masses: A Success Story!
The epidemic of increasing fatty liver disease and liver cancer worldwide, and especially in Western society, has given new importance to non-invasive liver imaging. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) using microbubble contrast […]
Dynamic solid-state ultrasound contrast agent for monitoring pH fluctuations in vivo
March 23, 2020 — ACS Sensors Abstract The key challenge for in vivo biosensing is to design biomarker-responsive contrast agents that can be readily detected and monitored by broadly available […]
Ultrasound Mediated Destruction of LMW-HA-Loaded and Folate-Conjugated Nanobubble for TAM Targeting and Reeducation
March 23, 2020 — Dove Medical Press Abstract Purpose: To synthesize and evaluate a novel folate-conjugated ultrasonic nanobubble (HA-FOL-NB) loading low-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid (LMW-HA) for specific tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) targeting […]
Ultrasound assessment of tumour oxygenation could guide cancer therapy
March 23, 2020 — Physicsworld By Louisa Cockbill, Science writer Pengfei Song, an assistant professor at the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, used ultrasound localization microscopy to visualize […]
ASE Statement on Protection of Patients and Echocardiographic Service Providers During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
This important new guidance addresses the relatively high risk COVID-19 among healthcare workers, particularly through the kind of close contact involved in performing echocardiograms ICUS appreciates the ASE’s careful attention […]
Reality and possibilities in cardiology imaging
March 17, 2020 — Dotmed/Healthcare Business News By Tom Watson Excerpt Cardiac imaging is an active and growing area for clinical and technological innovations. While you can subdivide these technologies […]
New Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease Developed at NTHU
March 11, 2020 — Business Wire A research team led by Yu-Chun Lin and Chih-kuang Yeh of NTHU has expanded application of ultrasound to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. HSINCHU, […]
Role of intraoperative ultrasound in robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma
March 5, 2020 — World Journal of Urology Abstract Purpose To determine the impact of intraoperative ultrasound on robotic-assisted radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombectomy in renal […]