Ultrasound News

Posted December 12, 2007:

• Light And Sound: The Way Forward For Better Medical Imaging

Posted December 8, 2007:

• New 3-D Real-Time Heart 'Mapping' Technology Improves Precision And Patient Safety

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Ultrasound Helps Skin Transplants On Open Leg Ulcers 'Take Root' Study Suggests

Posted December 5, 2007:

• Breast MRI Spots Other Cancers, May Alter Treatment Plan

Posted November 28, 2007:

• Minimally-Invasive Treatment Reduces Shoulder Pain From Tendonitis

Posted November 27, 2007:

• Freezing Bone Cancer Tumors Reduces Pain, Study Shows
• PET Imaging May Improve Lung Cancer Diagnosis
• Radiation Exposure Of Pregnant Women More Than Doubles In Ten Years
• Another Complication For Gastric Bypass Patients

Posted November 13, 2007:

• Ultrasound May Better Classify Ovarian Tumors

Posted November 12, 2007:

• Laser Can Spot Illness Before Symptoms Appear

Posted November 9, 2007:

• Screening For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms In Women May Save Lives

Posted October 24, 2007:

• Could Muscadine Grape Seeds Offer Cardiovascular Benefits?

Posted October 23, 2007:

• MRI Predicts Liver Fibrosis, Study Says

Posted October 17, 2007:

• Obese Children Show Early Signs Of Heart Disease

Posted October 1, 2007:

• Noninvasive Tests For Cirrhosis May Help To Avoid Liver Biopsy

Posted September 28, 2007:

• Ultrasound Plus Mammography Finds More Cancers, But Increases False Positives

Posted September 26, 2007:

• Less Invasive Lymph Node Biopsy Method Could Spare Thousands Unnecessary Operations

Posted September 25, 2007:

• PET Scans Can Accurately Detect A Breast Tumor's Response To Chemotherapy

Posted September 24, 2007:

• New Acoustic Absorber To Improve Physiotherapy Ultrasound Machines

Posted September 21, 2007:

• Radiation Oncologists Use Real-Time System To Plant 'Seeds' Against Cancer

Posted September 15, 2007:

• Photoacoustic Images Add Valuable Information To Conventional Mammography

Posted August 30, 2007:

• Star Trek Medical Device Uses Ultrasound To Seal Punctured Lungs

Posted August 21, 2007:

• Babies' Brains To Be Monitored Using Light Scans

Posted August 20, 2007:

• Breakthrough Promised In Detecting Atherosclerosis

Posted August 16, 2007:

• Is Ultrasound As Useful As We Think?

Posted August 7, 2007:

• High-Intensity Ultrasound May Launch Attack On Cancer, Wherever It Lurks

Posted August 2, 2007:

• Engineers Develop Way Of Detecting Problems With Artificial Hip Joints

Posted July 31, 2007:

• Screening MRI Allows Detection Of More Breast Cancers In High-Risk Women
• Focused Ultrasound Treatment Of Uterine Fibroids Provides Long Term Symptom Relief

Posted July 22, 2007:

• New Tool Makes Ultrasound Images Clearer

Posted July 13, 2007:

• Real-Time 3-D Ultrasound Speeds Patient Recovery

Posted July 11, 2007:

• Nanobubbles Deliver Targeted Cancer Drugs Using Ultrasound

Posted July 2, 2007:

• Toward A Contrast Agent To Expand Medical Use Of LOIS Imaging
• MRI Plus X-Ray Mammography Doubles Breast Cancer Detection In Women At High Risk

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Researchers To Improve Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Methods
• What's The Backscatter Of Your Beer? Ultrasound Technology Tracks Microbial Growth In Fermentations

Posted June 27, 2007:

• Radio Frequency Ablation Vaporizes Inoperable Kidney And Liver Tumors

Posted June 26, 2007:

• Ultrasound Proves Safe Alternative To Biopsy In Some Breast Masses

Posted June 20, 2007:

• 3-D Ultrasound Provides In-Depth View Of The Brain

Posted June 16, 2007:

• Noninvasive Screening In Early Pregnancy Reduces Down's Births By 50 Percent

Posted June 12, 2007:

• NASA Technology Helps Detect And Treat Heart Disease And Strokes

Posted June 7, 2007:

• Standards For Measuring Narrowing Of Carotid Arteries May Be Too Aggressive

Posted June 5, 2007:

• New Imaging Technique Holds Promise To Allow Cancer Surgeons To Save More Of The Kidney

Posted June 4, 2007:

• PET/CT: The Best Test For Women With Ovarian Cancer

Posted May 29, 2007:

• Focused Ultrasound Relieves Fibroid Symptoms In Women

Posted May 24, 2007:

• Alcohol Use During Pregnancy Leads To Greater Risk Of Extreme Preterm Delivery
• Dynamic Sonography Accurate In Diagnosing Muscle Tears

Posted May 15, 2007:

• Screening Men Over 65 For Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Could Save Lives

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Clues To 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

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