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3D-Printed Casts Use Ultrasound to Promote Healing
Waterproof, lightweight, and ventilated, casts created using nylon plastic and a 3D printer are everything traditional plaster casts aren't, say researchers. The latest addition to this category,...
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Ultrasound Device IDs Vulnerable Arterial Plaque
Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are currently optimizing a new ultrasound device capable of identifying plaque at high risk of...
View ArticleLymph Node Ultrasounds Proved More Accurate in Overweight, Obese Patients
Excess body fat doesn't obscure ultrasound images to detect breast cancer in underarm lymph nodes, according to study results presented at last week's American Society of Breast Surgeons annual...
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Researchers Seek to Treat Moving Organs with Focused Ultrasound
A translational research project seeking to enable the treatment of a moving internal organ using focused beams of ultrasound is currently underway as part of the TRANS-FUSIMO (Clinical Translation of...
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Clear Guide Medical developing a new ultrasound guidance system for...
Baltimore-based Clear Guide Medical is working towards FDA-clearance of an innovative compact ultrasound guidance system for needle-based interventions and diagnostics.The Clear Guide One System...
View ArticleFDA Panel Review Scheduled for SonaCare Medical's Prostate Ablation System
The Sonablate 450, from SonaCare Medical, has received a date from the FDA for a Gastroenterology and Urology Devices Advisory Committee Panel meeting. The panel will review the Company's Premarket...
View ArticleMagneto-Acoustic Imaging Combines Strengths of Existing Modalities
The emerging technique of magneto-acoustic (MA) tomography—which combines near-field radio frequency and ultrasound for the goal of a safe, high-resolution, high-contrast bimodal imaging...
View ArticleNon-Invasive Self-Healing Hydrogels Successfully Treat Tumors
Biocompatible, injectable alginate hydrogels displayed the ability to self-heal damage induced by ultrasound pulses, according to findings reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
View ArticleUltrasound Used to Track Knee Motion Non-Invasively
Australian researchers combined a single-element ultrasound sensor and a fast image registration technique to create a very precise, non-invasive technique for tracking the motion of knee bones in 3D....
View ArticleRemote Medicine Provides Ultrasound Imaging Evaluations Wherever Needed
Using a computer in Germany, Partho P. Sengupta, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, performed a robot-assisted ultrasound examination on a person in Boston. For the study,...
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