AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by reassessing the physics side of ultrasound, such as attenuation and echogenicity, as well as the use of interferometry.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Studies to be presented in Chicago will explore ultrasound’s clinical applications in musculoskeletal, pediatric, abdominal, and women's imaging among other applications. Furthermore, ultrasound's use as a supplemental tool will be explored, including for breast cancer detection and follow-up imaging. And let’s not forget about AI.

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Radiology Business

AUGUST 22, 2024

Maui Imaging says its product can produce images that are a "cross between ultrasound and CT" without the need for ionizing radiation.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Initial percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) tube placement leads to more radiation exposure for pregnant women with suspected kidney stones, according to a study published October 27 in Urology. The Lyon team wanted to investigate the potential differences in radiation exposure per suspected stone episode between the options.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 27, 2024

The MRI-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation comes with minimal side effects, offering cancer patients an alternative to radiation or surgery.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Gastrointestinal imagers should use high-quality MR enterography for complex inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) cases that can't be dealt with using intestinal ultrasound, even though both tests contribute to overall assessment, said an expert leading an advanced course on imaging Crohn's disease at ECR 2025. "MR

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

While services for breast and lung cancer screening were temporarily halted, imagers in x-ray, lung ultrasound, and PET/CT were busy examining patients who presented with COVID-19. He added that radiation treatment rooms are not completely sterile like operating rooms for surgeries. But that involves human contact.

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Professional Radiology

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Mammography: This technique is used to detect early signs of breast cancer and other abnormalities in breast tissue Low Dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening: This is a non-invasive imaging test that uses low levels of radiation to detect lung abnormalities early, improving the chances of successful treatment.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2024

Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a useful tool for interventions, according to a March 3 presentation given at ECR 2024. The team found that with ultrasound contrast, it could delineate the anatomy more clearly without linear signals from standard tissue. Pictured, he explains how it can better visualize endoleaks.

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Radiology Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

If certainty is the holy grail of diagnostic breast imaging, then opto-acoustic ultrasound is the treasure map showing exactly where to find it.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2025

Previous studies on inappropriate imaging have focused on "the importance of minimizing patient radiation exposure, limiting patient discomfort, lost work time, use of resources efficiently, and reduction of overall healthcare expenditures," the group explained. to 23 kilotons for ultrasound. to 46 kilotons for x-ray, and 2.7

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 27, 2024

Cryoablation uses imaging guidance typically with ultrasound or CT to locate tumors. Previous research suggests that when the procedure is combined with hormonal therapy and radiation, patients can have nearly 100% of their tumors destroyed, Bryce noted. hormone therapy and radiation) therapies can have on this patient population.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 3, 2025

Lymphosonography can detect sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in cervical and vulvar cancer patients scheduled for surgery, suggest findings presented March 30 at the 2025 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) annual conference.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 28, 2024

Histotripsy uses focused ultrasound to deliver external beams intended to destroy cancerous tissue while leaving surrounding tissue intact. Histotripsy could become an option for patients who might otherwise be unlikely candidates for radiation or other ablation techniques, according to NYU Langone Health.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

The organization noted that the CMS expects the overall impact of the proposed MPFS to be neutral on radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) 2025 rule. However, interventional radiology will have a decrease of 2%.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

In an effort to evaluate the appropriateness and outcomes of ultrasound, CT, and MR exams ordered for adult ED patients at a tertiary care urban academic center, the researchers retrospectively reviewed consecutive orders from January to March 2019. of ultrasounds, 29.1% of ultrasound orders, 61.4% of ultrasound orders, 61.4%

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Professional Radiology

APRIL 17, 2023

It uses electromagnetic radiation to examine bone structures to diagnose bone fractures, joint dislocations, and lung conditions. Ultrasound Ultrasounds are more than a prenatal test offered to pregnant women; they can also be used to diagnose conditions affecting the abdomen and pelvis.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 22, 2024

The trauma medicine project will incorporate MAUI's CET system, which the company describes as a cross between ultrasound and CT, which doesn't use ionizing radiation.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A deep learning-based framework incorporating ultrasound images and clinical data can help in thyroid nodule prediction, according to research published November 25 in the Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences. The team developed predictive models using XGBoost, random forest, and support vector machines.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Lymphedema is a chronic disease of the lymphatic system caused by the accumulation of proteins in the interstitium, ultimately leading to inflammation, and can be caused by damage to the lymphatic system from surgery or radiation treatment, the authors explained. The disease is a particular concern among cancer patients, they noted.

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REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

Background: The increased utility and accessibility of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has allowed clinicians the freedom to rethink their diagnostic approach for many common diseases, including peritonsillar abscess (PTA). Test characteristics of ultrasound for the diagnosis of peritonsillar abscess: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

JULY 25, 2024

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Mission Bay and Oakland, radiologists are now offering a new, more comfortable, and radiation-free imaging method called pediatric Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS).

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AuntMinnie

MAY 22, 2024

Ultrasound offers another screening tool and can overcome some of mammography's limitations. Screening with breast MRI is "recommended for very high-risk patients, such as BRCA mutation carriers, as they begin screening at a young age and may be more susceptible to the negative effects of ionizing radiation," the authors wrote.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

CEUS uses ultrasound contrast agents comprised of suspensions of tiny injectable “microbubbles” that do not contain dye, create no known risk of kidney damage or deposit of contrast media in the brain, and do not expose patients or hospital staff to ionizing radiation. For more information: www.icus-society.or

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

MARCH 11, 2024

The 'ultrasound-photoacoustic dual-modal imaging system' combines molecular imaging contrast with ultrasound imaging, and it can visualize molecular and structural information inside the body in real time without any ionizing radiation.

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MedImaging Ultrasound

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Ultrafast power Doppler ultrasound offers a promising non-invasive method to track how tumors respond to radiation and immunotherapy.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

She currently serves as chair of the department of medical imaging and radiation sciences in the College of Health Professions at TJU and directs the radiography and invasive cardiovascular technology programs. Her department currently serves 109 students who are studying in one of the university's nine concentration options.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 4, 2023

Radiology department administrators are enthusiastic about acquiring new ultrasoun.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Body imaging and radiation therapy technologists came in last, with annual base salaries of $73,000. Note: Salaries are for all U.S. regions and all healthcare organization types. The Mountain region -- eighth in radiologist salaries -- was at the top of this year's technologist salaries, at $133,000.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 04/24/2024 - 19:18 April 24, 2024 — The International Contrast Ultrasound Society ( ICUS ) and Northwest Imaging Forums ( NWIF ) announced an educational partnership to help train sonographers to perform contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) examinations and administer intravenous ultrasound contrast agents.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 12, 2023

Despite what its name implies, SRS isn’t actually a surgery but instead involves highly focused radiation that targets tumors while minimizing the effects on surrounding healthy tissue. The two-year meningeal disease rate was 5.8%, and the two-year symptomatic adverse radiation effect rate was 5%.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

However, conventional CT requires hundreds of X-ray projections from multiple angles, exposing patients to significant radiation doses and relying on large, immobile systems. A New Paradigm in Imaging "In XACT, the generated sound waves by X-rays change the way X-ray imaging works, converting X-rays to ultrasound.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In these instances, contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is rapidly becoming a viable alternative as an increasingly important tool for lesion characterization. Visit Philips EPIQ Elite for more information on Philips premium ultrasound. For more information: www.philips.com Reference: [1] Contract required.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Philips is introducing a new super contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) applicatio. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: Philips issues radiation warning for fluoroscopy, angiography systems Philips begins U.S./European

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Ultimately, compared with Tc-99m MIBI SPECT/CT, F-18 FCH-PET/CT offers a shorter scan time (about 90 minutes vs. at least 150 minutes), as well as significantly lower exposure to radiation, the researchers noted, and compared with neck ultrasound, F-18 FCH PET/CT identifies more hyperfunctioning glands.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

JULY 26, 2023

Imaging techniques such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography and ultrasound have become indispensable in the medical world. Each method not only opens unique insights into people's insides, but also allows physicians to draw conclusions about defects or functional processes in the human body.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 23, 2024

By observing the consequences of the physical-chemical mechanisms at work within patients, this study shows that ultrasound elastography could be used in vivo as a quantitative indicator of the risk of breast implant rupture and help diagnose their replacement,” Ruffenach and colleagues wrote.

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