News • Sneak peek
ECR 2023: Fujifilm lifts curtain on new products, and more
At the ECR 2023 congress in Vienna, Austria, Fujifilm Europe will unveil new products, host an MRI symposium, and provide opportunities to meet the company's experts.
Ultrasound
Video • Foundation announces launch
Championing focused ultrasound in the UK
The newly founded UK Focused Ultrasound Foundation is dedicated to advancing the development and adoption of the technology, which can be used to non-invasively treat tissue deep in the body.
Medical display
JVC – CL-S1200
The CL-S1200 is a 30.9-inch color monitor with 12 megapixels for reporting medical images of various modalities such as CT, CR/DR, MR, ultrasound or mammography.
News • Inhibition of solid tumor growth
'Paralyzing' pancreatic cancer with low-intensity ultrasound
A new study from Spain has demonstrated the efficiency of an ultrasound radiation-based therapy on the inhibition of cancer cell motion in pancreas cancer models.
News • Product premiere
New ultrasound system uses AI for better workflow and connectivity
Italian imaging company Esaote premiered its latest premium ultrasound system, MyLab X90, which uses AI for workflow optimization and enhanced connectivity.
News • New tool against cerebral venous sinus thrombosis
Using an ultrasound ‘vortex’ to break down blood clots
Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses “vortex ultrasound” – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain.
Article • High-intensity focused ultrasound
HIFU ablation treatment for benign thyroid nodules
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation is a noninvasively treatment for benign thyroid nodules that are causing distress to patients. Brian H. H. Lang, MD, Clinical Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong, and chief of the Division of Endocrine Surgery at Queen Mary Hospital, is a preeminent investigator, proponent, and pioneer of this technique. He…
Article • Promising approach
Focused ultrasound ablation for treatment of breast tumours
Focused ultrasound (FUS) ablation is an emerging treatment for breast tumours. Its use was highlighted in an October webinar focused on emerging immunotherapy research and breast cancer.
News • Medical Device Regulation
Esaote reports MDR readiness
Medical imaging and healthcare IT company Esaote reports that it has completed the transition of its medical devices to comply with the new Medical Device Regulation (MDR).
Article • Imaging investigation and diagnosis
Multiparametric ultrasound: the future of the modality
Multiparametric ultrasound will play an increasing role in imaging investigation and diagnosis as more subspecialities reap the benefits from the modality, Professor Paul Sidhu believes. The leading expert predicts that it will be more cost-effective and comfortable for patients and take point-of-care-testing onto a new level by embracing other parameters in the imaging process.
Sponsored • Portable X-ray and ultrasound systems
Taking medical imaging to remote and rural locations with Fujifilm Healthcare
Medical imaging is critical across many fields of healthcare – but accessing it in remote or rural locations can be a struggle, resulting in missed appointments or delayed diagnoses. Fujifilm Healthcare Europe is a leading provider of medical imaging solutions across all modalities, and offers a range of portable imaging systems that allow imaging solutions to be taken closer to the patient.
Article • Visceral imaging
Endosonography: AI takes on the “supreme discipline”
Endosonography poses unique challenges for medical professionals, because two demanding disciplines have to be mastered at the same time. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) could help speed up the notoriously slow learning curve of the procedure, says Prof Dr Christoph F. Dietrich. At the Visceral Medicine Congress in Hamburg, the expert explained how AI can help endosonography achieve…
News • Researchers develop noninvasive approach
FUSIN: Delivering gene therapy with ultrasound
Treatment of central nervous system diseases and tumors is often hindered by the blood-brain barrier. A new method aims to overcome this obstacle using focused ultrasound intranasal delivery (FUSIN).
News • Resistance building prevention
New test to reduce antibiotics in primary care
Antibiotic prescribing in primary care could be monitored using health insurance data. And reduced with a simple test.
News • Presented at ISUOG 2022
New cloud-based image sharing and reporting software for OB/GYN
A new cloud-based ultrasound image sharing and reporting software will utilize image data to convey fetal growth projections and provide a platform for physician-to-physician and physician-to-patient communication.
Video • Functional ultrasound microscopy
fULM shows whole brain neuronal activity at the micron scale
Functional ultrasound localization microscopy (fULM) captures the cerebral activity at the micron-scale, opening up major future clinical perspectives for the diagnosis of cerebrovascular pathologies.
Article • Multiparametric ultrasound
Experts assess usefulness of MPUS in the diagnostic conundrum
Multiparametric ultrasound (MPUS) has proven its value in the abdomen – now, the technique is increasingly moving towards peripheral areas such as breast and testis imaging, experts showed in a dedicated session at ECR 2022.
Article • Predicting the future of imaging
What will ultrasound practice look like in 2030?
Rapid technical advances in ultrasound and increasingly tight healthcare budgets call for a change in ultrasound practice, experts explained in a session at the ECR in Vienna. Two experts presented possible models for the next two decades.
Article • Multimodal analysis approach
Novel AI model predicts thyroid cancer from routine ultrasound images
An artificial intelligence (AI) model combining four methods of machine learning (ML) to accurately detect thyroid cancer from routine ultrasound image data has been developed by US researchers.
News • Cancer treatment
Ultrasound-guided microbubbles boost immunotherapy efficacy
Researchers have developed an ultrasound-guided cancer immunotherapy platform that generates systemic antitumor immunity and improves the therapeutic efficacy of immune checkpoint blockade.
Article • The right tool for the task
Vascular insights with MRI and ultrasound
Advances in image post-processing and contrast-enhanced techniques have widened the scope of possibilities for MRI and ultrasound vascular imaging, experts showed in a dedicated course at the ECR Overture.
News • Opening the blood-brain barrier
3D-printed acoustic holograms against Alzheimer's or Parkinson's
A research team in Spain and the US has created 3D-printed acoustic holograms to improve the treatment of diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, among others.
Video • Real-time blood flow assessment
Major advance in 3D ultrasound imaging of heart and brain
Two successive studies highlight advances in non-invasive 3D ultrasound imaging, making it possible to observe blood flow in real time in the heart and the brain.
News • Photoacoustics and ultrasound
New 3D imaging technique to diagnose peripheral vascular diseases
Recently, a Korean research team has developed a 3D foot imaging technique that vividly captures peripheral blood vessels, even thinner than 1 mm. It combines photoacoustic and ultrasound images.
News • Histotripsy
Tumors partially destroyed with ultrasound don't come back
Noninvasive sound technology breaks down liver tumors in rats, kills cancer cells and spurs the immune system to prevent further spread.
