Studycast Provides Ultrasound Solution for Breast Cancer Screening
Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) October 30, 2012 According to a study published in the November 2012 American Journal of Roentgenology (https://www.ajronline.org), ultrasound beats mammography as the best imaging option for initial evaluation of breast cancer in...
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Helpful Tool for Rheumatologists
Minimally invasive musculoskeletal ultrasound provides a fast, accurate diagnosis of rheumatic diseases — plus better measurement of treatment success, reduced procedural pain, and improved patient satisfaction."With so many people affected by rheumatic diseases,...
Progress in ultrasound-guided surgery may improve breast cancer treatment
Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in the U.S., and the main cause of death in women ages 40-59, according to UptoDate, an information service for clinical physicians. Over a lifetime, 1 in 8 women in the U.S. is expected to develop breast cancer. Despite...
Flexibility thanks to dicomPACS MobileView
Flexibility thanks to dicomPACS MobileView: Mobile freedom anywhere, anytimeA web-based viewer with all the important functions for mobile image viewing - that's dicomPACS®MobileView. The mobile viewer offers physicians and nursing care staff mobile freedom not only...
Mammogram vs. Ultrasound: Which One Is More Effective?
Mammogram vs. Ultrasound: Which One Is More Effective? Category: Breaking News Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2012 09:17 Written by Huffingtonpost In what's being touted as the largest analysis of breast cancer screening methods for women under the age of 40,...
Radiation dose is key to imaging technologies
By Yoon Ja-young Since the adoption of x-rays, diagnostic imaging technology has made one of the biggest contributions in the history of medicine. The key concern of diagnostic imaging companies today is lowering radiation doses and substituting for biopsies. “Our...
Breast Cancer Detection Under Age 40: Are Mammograms Or Ultrasounds More …
In what's being touted as the largest analysis of breast cancer screening methods for women under the age of 40, researchers at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCAA) and University of Washington put mammography and ultrasounds to the test. What they found: Among...
Breast cancer: Ultrasound better for some
SEATTLE, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- For women ages 30-39 with symptoms of possible breast cancer, ultrasound is a superior diagnostic tool to mammography, U.S. researchers say. Dr. Constance Lehman, director of radiology at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and professor and vice...
MRI-guided focused ultrasound OK’d to relieve bone metastases pain
Israeli medical device firm InSightec Ltd. said Monday that the Food and Drug Administration expanded the indications for its MRI-guided focused ultrasound system so it can now be used to relieve pain in patients whose cancer has metastasized and traveled to the bone....
Health camp at Moreh
By Our Moreh Correspondent MOREH, October 20: The two day district mobile medical unit health camp organized by the BPMU, Primary Health Centre, Moreh concluded today. The two day health camp was sponsored by the District Health Society. The medical camp was attended...
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound identified high-grade prostate cancer
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and pre-contrast imaging increased detection of prostate cancer, but the addition of dutasteride to these imaging techniques did not increase detection, according to study results. Previous studies have indicated that pretreatment with a...
Stroke screenings coming up at Hy-Vee
Stroke screenings coming up at Hy-Vee Published 5:20am Thursday, October 11, 2012Stroke Detection Plus, a mobile ultrasound service that specializes in preventative health screenings throughout the Midwest, will be conducting stroke and vascular screenings in Austin...
Special ultrasound device approved for dense breasts
The FDA has approved the first ultrasound device for use in combination with standard mammography in women with dense breast tissue who have a negative mammogram and no symptoms of breast cancer. The somo-V Automated Breast Ultrasound System (ABUS), marketed by...
Hospital adds new mobile MRI
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‘Ultrasound’ rises from ashes ‘Most underrated band of 1990s’
‘Ultrasound’ rises from ashes ‘Most underrated band of 1990s’ DURHAM, England, Oct 16, (RTRS): Rock and roll is full of cautionary tales — of excess, break-ups and missed opportunities. British indie band Ultrasound, touted as the “next big thing” in the 1990s only to...
Nuance speech tech goes mobile with Epic
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Doctor is giving beautiful young patient an ultra sound
