AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

Many women with early-stage HR+HER2- breast cancer and a negative presurgical axillary ultrasound can skip sentinel lymph node biopsy, a study presented April 11 at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, found.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Focused ultrasound could help ease pain by manipulating the area of the brain that registers pain, a proof-of-principle study published February 1 in Pain found. Low-intensity focused ultrasound is one such method, which nondestructively and reversibly changes brain activity with high spatial resolution and adjustable depth of focus.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A wearable ultrasound sticker the size of a postage stamp can continuously measure tissue stiffness and may have a place in monitoring organ transplantation patients, according to research published February 9 in Science Advances. However, with traditional ultrasound, monitoring cannot be performed continuously.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A next-generation ultrasound technology capable of delivering remote diagnostic imaging without the need to go to a clinic or hospital is set to revolutionize ultrasound diagnostics.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by reassessing the physics side of ultrasound, such as attenuation and echogenicity, as well as the use of interferometry.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2024

The future of ultrasound is bright, but advancing new technologies requires dedicated market creation and scalability. That was the take-home message from the keynote given by Omar Ishrak, PhD, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Endobronchial ultrasound may be used as a screening test for pulmonary hypertension in high-risk patients, a study published December 15 in JTCVS Techniques found. Endobronchial ultrasound is typically used in lung cancer patients as part of cancer staging.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 20, 2024

Johns Hopkins University has highlighted research that shows AI can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images. Significantly, the training of the AI involved combining computer-generated images with real ultrasounds of patients, including some who sought care at Johns Hopkins, the release noted.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 8, 2024

milla1cf Mon, 04/08/2024 - 20:52 April 8, 2024 — Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a non-invasive technique for neuroregulation. Currently, the U.S.

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APRIL 5, 2024

An advanced handheld ultrasound system integrated with artificial intelligence-driven software enables rapid cardiac echocardiographic assessments at the point of care.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

MARCH 8, 2024

A first-of-its-kind sticker could enable clinicians to monitor post-operative complications such as abnormal, life-threatening fluid leaks using a simple ultrasound.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

MARCH 20, 2024

Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images, much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 5, 2023

An AI assistance system can aid novice sonographers in assessing the rotator cuff, a study published December 1 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. While ultrasound is a go-to method for assessing shoulder joint diseases, it is a user-dependent modality. in the test set. This indicates robustness and accuracy, they noted.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Ultrasound use has shifted over the past decade, including whether radiologists, surgeons, or nonphysicians practitioners perform the exams, a study published on December 13 in the American Journal of Roentgenology found. It described shifts in ultrasound use across billing provider specialties and places of service in the U.S.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 29, 2024

A thyroid ultrasound imaging database could spur the development of more effective diagnostic and treatment models for related diseases, according to research published January 23 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. Ultrasound is a first-line method in the screening and diagnosing of thyroid nodules.

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Diagnostic Imaging

APRIL 19, 2024

One of the features on the new Voluson Signature 20 and 18 ultrasound devices reportedly uses automated AI tools to facilitate a 40 percent reduction in the time it takes to perform second trimester exams.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) system improves the diagnostic performance of breast ultrasound, according to findings published October 6 in Heliyon. Ultrasound is the go-to modality for diagnostic breast imaging after suspicious mammography findings. However, conventional ultrasound isn’t without its faults.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Researchers are highlighting their approach to 3D printing, which uses ultrasound waves to create objects from sonically cured inks. Kuang and colleagues suggested that ultrasound could be the key to overcoming these limitations since ultrasonic waves can penetrate deeper into materials. Image courtesy of Xiao Kuang.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 9, 2024

An immersive virtual reality (VR)-based test can distinguish between operators with varying levels of thoracic ultrasound skill, a Danish study published January 6 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology found. With ultrasound being a user-dependent imaging modality, operator skills are important for diagnostic accuracy.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 14, 2023

An AI model can accurately predict malignancy on breast ultrasound based on BI-RADS assessment, according to research published December 11 in Academic Radiology. Previous studies have demonstrated how AI can be applied to breast ultrasound. of follow-ups,” the Guldogan team wrote.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

MARCH 14, 2024

Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that can help diagnose pulmonary hypertension in newborns by looking at heart ultrasounds.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently had a study published highlighting the results of their ultrasound "sticker," which they said can take tissue stiffness measurements.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The ultrasound market is going through one of the most exciting and innovative periods in its history. The handheld ultrasound market is still maturing, there are many new technologies being developed such as ultrasound patches and wearable transducers, opening new avenues for diagnostic use. Mustafa Hassan of Signify Research.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 12, 2024

With federal and state-level legislation mandating insurance coverage for supplemental breast imaging and providers disclosing breast density information to patients, it seems like ultrasound would have an immediate and important role in this area.

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Diagnostic Imaging

MARCH 22, 2024

A multiparametric ultrasound model emphasizing attenuation coefficient assessment demonstrated a 77 percent AUC for detecting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), according to validation testing from a new multicenter study.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

VIENNA – GE HealthCare (GEHC) is highlighting a revamped ultrasound product line, the European launch of its Signa Champion 1.5-tesla In ultrasound, GEHC is debuting Logiq Totus, a midrange, full-body scanner designed for use in a variety of clinical scenarios. Images courtesy of GE HealthCare. Totus has received the CE Mark and U.S.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 4, 2024

The deep neural network was trained using over 40,000 patient ultrasound images and computer-generated facsimiles made from real scans.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2024

A nomogram combining ultrasound features and TI-RADS parameters can differentiate between malignant and benign thyroid nodules, according to research published January 22 in Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. The American College of Radiology (ACR) created TI-RADS based on gray-scale ultrasound features.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

DECEMBER 22, 2023

A new study that evaluated an AI system's performance in BI-RADS category assessment for breast masses detected on ultrasound has found that the technology can effectively predict malignancy.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An ultrasound sticker previously developed to image deep tissues and organs could offer a more continuous, wearable alternative for continuous long-term monitoring of post-transplant patients in the ICU.

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MedImaging Radiography

MARCH 27, 2024

A new computer-based diagnostic tool combines ultrasound imagery with specific clinical indicators to evaluate the risk of moderate-to-severe renal fibrosis.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

MARCH 11, 2024

The 'ultrasound-photoacoustic dual-modal imaging system' combines molecular imaging contrast with ultrasound imaging, and it can visualize molecular and structural information inside the body in real time without any ionizing radiation.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In his presentation, Katsutoshi Sugimoto, MD, PhD, from Tokyo Medical University in Japan discussed the performance of a model he and colleagues developed, which combines multiparametric ultrasound markers. They found that combining normalized local variance with shear-wave speed improves assessment of advanced liver fibrosis.

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Imaging Technology

MARCH 21, 2024

milla1cf Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:42 March 21, 2024 — Artificial intelligence can spot COVID-19 in lung ultrasound images much like facial recognition software can spot a face in a crowd, new research shows. How does AI analyze ultrasound lung images?

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MedImaging Ultrasound

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A new, advanced ultrasound system has been designed to help improve clinician efficiency when placing PICCs, central venous catheters, IV lines, and other vascular access devices.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

JANUARY 1, 2024

The first wearable therapeutic ultrasound device designed to promote vasodilation and vessel growth offers a non-invasive way to treat peripheral arterial disease and chronic limb-threatening ischemia.

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Diagnostic Imaging

MARCH 13, 2024

offered a 95 percent sensitivity rate and an 83 percent AUC that were comparable to that of two senior radiologists and one junior radiologist interacting with LLM to differentiate between malignant and benign thyroid nodules on ultrasound. In a comparison of image-to-text large language models (LLMs), ChatGPT 4.0

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