Review of ultrasound contrast agents in current clinical practice with special focus on DEFINITY® in cardiac imaging
September 8, 2020 — Future Medicine Abstract Echocardiography is the most widely used noninvasive modality to evaluate the structure and function of the cardiac muscle in daily practice. However, up […]
Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound for Differential Diagnosis of Malignant and Benign Soft Tissue Masses: A Meta-Analysis
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology – September 6, 2020 Abstract This meta-analysis was aimed at investigating the value of using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in the differential diagnosis of benign and […]
A Survey of CEUS Education in Sonographer Training Programs: The Well-Opacified and Delineated Road Less Travelled, and Ready to be Taken
September 2, 2020 — Journal of the American Society of Echocardiology (JASE) Extract Contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a safe, portable, radiation-free imaging tool that produces high resolution, real-time images […]
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of focal liver masses
September 1, 2020 — Hepatoma Research Abstract Non-invasive imaging is the current method of choice for the characterization of frequently discovered focal liver disease. Although historically, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) […]
Contrast group asks FDA to pull 'black box' warning
September 1, 2020 — AuntMinnie.com By AuntMinnie.com staff writers A group representing users of ultrasound contrast agents on August 31 asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pull […]
Ultrasound society urges FDA to eliminate 'outdated' contrast label warnings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 […]