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).

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Provider launches at-home ultrasound imaging service to target patients wary of venturing out

La Jolla Vein Care said that it also hopes to target those who have been sitting for extended periods during the pandemic and may have developed corresponding health issues. 

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Law change would require health insurers to cover breast MRI, ultrasound for high-risk patients

Advocates recently urged lawmakers to approve the legislation, aimed at improving detection of tumors that mammography may have missed.  

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Lung ultrasound ‘substantially’ influences treatment for pregnant women with COVID-19

Treatment for COVID‐19 was either started or changed in 87.5% of the patients based on LUS findings, doctors reported in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

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Company touts novice-guided ultrasound system to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients

The Butterfly Network said such telemedicine-based imaging was made possible by recent rule-relaxing from the Food and Drug Administration. 

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FDA grants Philips ‘industry first’ clearance to use ultrasound for COVID cardiac, lung complications

The Amsterdam-based company noted that this modality has become a useful tool for providers battling the pandemic, given its portability and easy-to-clean surfaces. 

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Why point-of-care ultrasound may be radiology’s best bet against COVID

Lung ultrasound can help reduce exposure to staff and patients, and offers important clinical advantages over chest radiography and computed tomography.

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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. 

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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.