Category: News & Impact

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 oxygen levels in tumours. The centres of tumours often experience oxygen deprivation as the blood supply struggles to keep up with demand from uncontrollably proliferating […]

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 to these urgent issues.  As the global pandemic continues to unfold, please send any additional recommendations to us at: info@icus-society.org. We wish you safety and […]

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 into large, highly complex market segments, the major cardiovascular solutions we will look at here are ultrasound (echocardiography), interventional fluoroscopic imaging (angiography), CT and MR. […]

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, Taiwan–Ultrasound is widely used for conducting physical examinations, and plans are underway for expanding its application to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, dementia, and diabetes. […]

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 cell carcinoma (RCC). Methods We retrospectively analyzed intraoperative records of 27 patients with RCC and invasion of the IVC who underwent robotic-assisted nephrectomy with tumor […]

Implementing a Liver Contrast Program in the Sonography Laboratory – A White Paper

Mar 4, 2020 — Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) is pleased to announce the publication of a white paper on implementing a liver contrast program in the sonography laboratory in the January/February 2020 issue of the In 2016 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) […]

Contrast enhanced ultrasound: comparing a novel modality to MRI to assess for bowel disease in pediatric Crohn’s patients

April 5, 2020 — Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology Abstract Background: To demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of a novel imaging modality, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), in evaluating for distal small bowel inflammation in pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD), and compare this to concurrently obtained magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. Methods: Pediatric patients diagnosed with or having […]

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound of Congenital and Infantile Hemangiomas: Preliminary Results From a Case Series

February 26, 2020 — American Journal of Roentgenology Abstract: OBJECTIVE. The contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging features of hepatic vascular tumors in infants, including infantile hemangioma (IH) and congenital hemangioma (CH), are not well reported. Frequent inaccurate use of lesion terminology in the literature has created diagnostic confusion. The purpose of this study is to describe […]

Hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography vs. magnetic resonance-hysterosalpingography for diagnosing fallopian tubal patency: A systematic review and meta-analysis

February 12, 2020 — European Journal of Radiology Abstract Purpose To compare hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography (HyCoSy) and magnetic resonance-hysterosalpingography (MR-HSG) in the diagnosis of fallopian tubal patency. Materials and methods The databases of PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were searched for records up to November 30, 2019. Studies involved in the diagnostic detection of HyCoSy or […]

Analysis of comparative performance of CEUS and CECT/MR LI-RADS classification: Can CEUS dichotomize LI-RADS indeterminate lesions on CT or MRI?

February 8, 2020 — Clinical Imaging Authors: Zehao Tan, Wey Chyi Teoh, Kang Min Wong, Gervais Khin-Lin Wansaicheong, Kumaresan Sandrasegaran 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.02.002 Abstract Purpose To study the comparative performance of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and contrast-enhanced CT or MRI (CECT/MR) in evaluating liver lesions using the LI-RADS guidelines. Methods Retrospective analysis of radiology database from July 2010 […]

The 34th Annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound International Bubble Conference 2019

Echo Research and Practice Authors:  Stella Kyung, Alan Brett Goldberg, Steven Feinstein, Stephanie Wilson, Sharon L. Mulvagh and Petros Nihoyannopulos Read full article at: https://erp.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/echo/aop/erp-19-0055/erp-19-0055.xml Abstract The 34th annual Advances in Contrast Ultrasound (ACU) International Bubble Conference convened in Chicago, IL on September 5-6, 2019 to feature new directions of research, pre-clinical and first-in-man clinical […]

Lantheus touts new study on contrast echocardiography

February 4, 2020 — AuntMinnie.com By AuntMinnie.com staff writers Lantheus Medical Imaging parent company Lantheus Holdings announced the results of its Benefit 1 clinical trial, which evaluated the potential advantages of using its Definity ultrasound contrast agent to evaluate heart failure. The trial results indicated that contrast-enhanced echocardiography led to statistically significant improvements in measurements […]

New Aspects of Ultrasound-Mediated Targeted Delivery and Therapy for Cancer

January 21, 2020 — Dovepress Authors: Yuhang Tian,* Zhao Liu,* Haoyan Tan, Jiahui Hou, Xin Wen, Fan Yang, Wen Cheng Department of Ultrasound, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150080, People’s Republic of China DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S201208 Abstract: Ultrasound-mediated targeted delivery (UMTD), a novel delivery modality of therapeutic materials based on ultrasound, shows great potential in […]

2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes:

The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) European Heart Journal — January 14, 2020 Authors: Juhani Knuuti, William Wijns, Antti Saraste, Davide Capodanno, Emanuele Barbato, Christian Funck-Brentano, Eva Prescott, Robert F Storey, Christi Deaton, Thomas Cuisset et al European Heart Journal, Volume 41, […]

Accurate prediction of responses to transarterial chemoembolization for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by using artificial intelligence in contrast-enhanced ultrasound

January 8, 2020 — European Radiology Authors: Dan Liu, Fei Liu, Xiaoyan Xie, Liya Su, Ming Liu, Xiaohua Xie, Ming Kuang Guangliang Huang, Yuqi Wang, Hui Zhou, Kun Wang, Manxia Lin, Jie Tian https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-019-06553-6 Abstract Objectives We aimed to establish and validate an artificial intelligence–based radiomics strategy for predicting personalized responses of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) […]

Transrectal Subharmonic Ultrasound Imaging for Prostate Cancer Detection

January 8, 2020 — Uro Today Authors: I Gupta, B Freid, V Masarapu, P Machado, E Trabulsi, K Wallace, E Halpern, F Forsberg Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA., GE Global Research, Niskayuna NY 12309, USA., Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. Electronic address: flemming.forsberg@jefferson.edu. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31899231 To assess the PCa detection rates of […]

World’s first cancer treatment being trialed in NHS hospitals could make chemotherapy 'more effective by using BUBBLES to help kill tumors'

Acoustic cluster therapy involves injecting microbubbles and liquid droplets Ultrasound used to make bubbles grow larger and stretch the tumor’s walls Increases chance of chemo drugs reaching cancer cells and not healthy ones Daily Mail (Online) — December 18, 2019 By Connor Boyd, Health Reporter NHS hospitals are trialling a world-first way of delivering chemotherapy […]

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma

Uro Today — December 6, 2019 Vena cava thrombus is one of the main clinical manifestations of locally aggressive renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Inferior vena cava (IVC) wall invasion and presence of bland thrombus could affect the surgical outcome. This study aims to assess the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in detecting wall invasion and […]