Ultrasound

Ultrasound, also referred to as sonography or diagnostic ultrasound, uses high-frequency sound waves to visualize soft tissue. Ultrasounds are frequently ordered to measure fetal anatomy during pregnancy, check for blood clots and to guide needle biopsy procedures of the breast, abdomen and pelvis. The imaging modality does not use any radiation to create images. Find news specific to cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography).

FDA clears AI screening tool for cardiac amyloidosis
Ultromics designed EchoGo Amyloidosis to evaluate routine echocardiogram results for signs of cardiac amyloidosis. It received the FDA's breakthrough device designation back in 2023.
Ultrasound-guided procedure offers promising alternative to opioids for managing pain
Ultrasonography-guided nerve blocks have grown in popularity in recent years, but some are hesitant to adopt the procedure.
New AI-based software uses ultrasound images to guide clinical decisions during childbirth
Experts believe the tool has “excellent” potential to help guide decisions during labor and delivery in the future.
Ultrasound device could be 'promising breakthrough' for treating diabetic neuropathy
Up to one-third of people with diabetes will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime, and up to 20% will require some form of amputation as a result.
Bracco invests nearly $86M to more than triple production of key imaging agent
The Italy-based company is working to erect a new facility in Switzerland focused on its contrast-enhanced ultrasound products.

Ultrasound technique offers cheaper alternative to CT for quantifying lung health assessments

The method could also be delivered by nonradiologist personnel with minimal training, noted experts from two North Carolina institutions.

October 15, 2020

Distinguished Philadelphia radiologist and ultrasound expert Harvey Nisenbaum dies

His contributions to the specialty were numerous over the past 40-plus years, serving on 140 committees as a member of 15 different professional societies.

October 13, 2020

Radiology leader Johns Hopkins notches $13.5M grant to develop implantable ultrasound imaging devices

Funding comes by way of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will be used to create high-resolution US tech to monitor traumatic spinal cord injuries.

October 12, 2020

Radiology must change the payment paradigm for point-of-care ultrasound, experts charge

Scientists with the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound and the ACR are proposing a framework that would position POCUS as a completely different type of evaluation from DXUS.

September 30, 2020

Enhanced ultrasound bests CT, MR for diagnosing some liver cancers

CEUS helps physicians diagnose some forms of liver cancer more safely and less expensively than CT and MRI, according to a report published in Hepatoma Research.

September 20, 2020

Intel and Samsung improve fetal ultrasound, Konica Minolta’s teleradiology platform, and more radiology vendor updates

Plus, Change Healthcare and Vizient strike a deal and Lunit's breast AI platform rivals rads.

September 10, 2020

Fujifilm’s point-of-care ultrasound scores FDA clearance for COVID-19 use, plus more radiology vendor news

Also, Hyperfine's portable MRI touted in JAMA Neurology, United Imaging partners with Mass General on AI, and more.

September 9, 2020

High-intensity focused ultrasound helps 91% of prostate cancer patients avoid radical treatment

Experts from USC’s Keck School of Medicine shared their findings recently in the Journal of Urology.

September 8, 2020

Ultrasound

FDA clears AI screening tool for cardiac amyloidosis

Ultrasound-guided procedure offers promising alternative to opioids for managing pain

New AI-based software uses ultrasound images to guide clinical decisions during childbirth

Ultrasound device could be 'promising breakthrough' for treating diabetic neuropathy

Bracco invests nearly $86M to more than triple production of key imaging agent