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.

Emergency physicians offer cash for insights into ultrasound’s COVID-19 role

The American College of Emergency Physicians announced April 14 that its foundation is offering $100,000 for research into COVID care.

April 16, 2020

Clinicians use lung ultrasound to quickly triage coronavirus patients

Providers at one Italian emergency department started realizing that they could not use age or comorbidity to determine which COVID-19 patients might develop severe pneumonia.

March 25, 2020

Ultrasound useful for detecting COVID-19 pneumonia, emergency medicine providers say

Lung US is often used for acute respiratory failure and could prove as a useful alternative aid during the outbreak, clinicians with one Italian hospital wrote in Radiology.

March 16, 2020

Startup scores FDA clearance for cheaper, smartphone-based ultrasound system

Emagine Solutions Technology said the device is aimed at early intervention and affordability, with the VistaScan carrying about one-tenth the price tag of traditional systems.

February 25, 2020

FDA greenlights AI tool to help novices obtain heart ultrasound images

Caption Guidance serves as an accessory to certain diagnostic systems, aiding clinicians in capturing high-quality cardiac scans.

February 10, 2020

Group publishes new stress echo guidelines for ischemic heart disease

The American Society of Echocardiography released the new recommendations to replace its 2007 edition.

January 9, 2020

Medical societies release AUC ratings for imaging congenital heart disease patients

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.

January 7, 2020

What’s to Gain from Strain? Experts Say Strain Echocardiography Is on the Path to Acceptance

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?

January 7, 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