The 47-page document, published Jan. 6 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, touches on multiple cardiac imaging modalities, rating them based on their appropriateness for examining adults and children with previously diagnosed heart defects.

Despite its diagnostic and prognostic value, speckle-tracking strain echocardiography is underused, some cardiac imagers say. What will it take for adoption to pick up?

Biopsy clips can outperform conventional wires for localizing breast cancers, as the former may boost utilization of ultrasound guidance for tumor resection, in the process minimizing patient discomfort while helping control costs.

Engineers with two Midwest academic institutions have scored a grant from Health and Human Services to develop a new method of detecting breast cancer that could have a “profound” impact on diagnostics. 

Handheld POC echo has proven useful in- and outside of the emergency department, but physicians still have reservations.

Fujifilm SonoSite announced Tuesday, July 30, that the company is collaborating with Boston-based Partners HealthCare to develop AI-powered portable ultrasound solutions.

State-level breast density reporting legislation is not associated with any significant changes in ultrasound utilization, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Royal Philips has rolled out the latest update for its EPIQ CVx and EPIQ CVxi cardiac ultrasound systems, expanding to include automated applications for 2D assessment of the heart and robust 3D measurements of right ventricular volume and ejection fraction.