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Image: Cook Medical’s EchoTip ProCore endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) needles (Photo courtesy of Cook Medical).

Endobronchial Ultrasound Needle Designed to Retrieve Lymph Node Cell, Tissue Samples

A new endobronchial ultrasound needle gives physicians the ability to retrieve both cell and tissue samples from lymph nodes or tumors in the pulmonary region.  More...
27 Feb 2014
Image: A recent study showed portable ultrasound used as a first-line imaging tool in children with suspected appendicitis helps cut emergency room length of stay and reduces the need for computed tomography (CT) scanning (Photo courtesy of James W. Tsung, M.D / Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai).

Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Suspected Appendicitis in Children Deemed Effective Front-Line Tool

Portable ultrasound used as a first-line imaging tool in children with suspected appendicitis helps cut emergency room length of stay and reduces the need for CT scanning. More...
17 Feb 2014
Image:  SFRP2 targeted microbubbles bound specifically to vessels (stained green) within angiosarcoma (right). A control without the targeted microbubbles (left) (Photo courtesy of UNC Health Care).

Ultrasound Using Microbubble Contrast Agent Provides Way to Visualize Tumors

Ultrasound provides a less expensive and radiation-free way to identify and track cancer in comparison to technologies such as CT and MRI.  More...
10 Feb 2014

Report Advocates Ultrasound Use in Fields Outside of Cardiology

Investigators recently reported that there is increasing evidence regarding the utility of ultrasound in areas outside its traditional field of cardiology, with increasing use reported in general hospital rooms, clinics, and even prehospital settings.   More...
03 Feb 2014
Image: Dr. William Tyler, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, studied the effects of ultrasound on the region of the brain responsible for processing tactile sensory inputs (Photo courtesy of James Stroup/Virginia Tech).

Ultrasound Targeted at the Brain Shown to Enhance Sensory Performance

New research has demonstrated that ultrasound can be employed to modulate brain activity to heighten sensory perception in humans, similar to how bats use ultrasound to help guide them at night.  More...
30 Jan 2014

Ultrasound Screening Strategy Devised to Prevent Cardiovascular Complications in Sports

Echocardiography with conventional M-mode and two-dimensional ultrasound technology is a simple and cost-effective way to increases the effectiveness of preparticipation sports screening.  More...
09 Jan 2014
Image: The Aixplorer Ultrasound System with SWE (Photo courtesy of SuperSonic Imagine).

Elastography Technique Helps Determine Liver Fibrosis

A noninvasive technique visualizes and quantitatively measures tissue stiffness across the different stages of fibrosis leading up to cirrhosis.  More...
02 Jan 2014
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MedImaging channel of MedImaging offers comprehensive coverage of medical sonography in its Ultrasound channel dealing with diagnostic and obstetric sonography, palliative applications (MRgFUS), as well as reports on scanners and transducers.