Oncology & Cancer
Ultrasounds may not find this cancer in Black women
A common algorithm to check for endometrial cancer is not reliable for Black women, according to a new study published today in JAMA Oncology.
Jun 27, 2024
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News tagged with ultrasound technique
Cardiology
3D bimodal photoacoustic ultrasound imaging to diagnose peripheral vascular diseases
The body is like a sophisticated network with a myriad of peripheral blood vessels connected from the heart to the extremities. If blood fails to pass through these peripheral blood vessels, a wound may not heal or even lead ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Radiology & Imaging
Major advance in 3D ultrasound imaging to observe entire organs
Two successive studies by the Physics for Medicine Paris laboratory (ESPCI Paris-PSL, Inserm, CNRS) highlight advances in non-invasive 3D ultrasound imaging, making it possible to observe blood flow in real time in two whole ...
May 13, 2022
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Cardiology
Ultrasound-assisted laser technique vaporizes artery plaque
Atherosclerosis, a buildup of plaque, can lead to heart disease, artery disease, and chronic kidney disease and is traditionally treated by inserting and inflating a balloon to expand the artery. Other treatments based on ...
May 24, 2022
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Cardiology
Heart researchers develop a new, promising imaging technique for cardiac arrhythmias
Every five minutes in Germany alone, a person dies of sudden cardiac arrest or fibrillation, the most common cause of death worldwide. This is partly due to the fact that doctors still do not fully understand exactly what ...
Feb 22, 2018
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Medical research
New method to diagnose heart arrhythmias developed
(Medical Xpress) -- Abnormalities in cardiac conduction, the rate at which the heart conducts electrical impulses to contract and relax, are a major cause of death and disability around the world. Researchers at Columbia ...
May 9, 2011
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Surgery
How MRI and CT predict flap failure after head and neck reconstructive cancer surgery
When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often need reconstructive surgery in the form of a "free flap," which is skin and tissue taken from a different part of the body and connected to the ...
Jun 23, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Nonsurgical treatment for cerebral infarction using wearable wireless ultrasound devices
Cerebral infarction, commonly known as ischemic stroke, has a high mortality rate and causes severe damage to nervous cells in the brain owing to the loss of oxygen, which results in limiting body movements. Several technologies, ...
Jan 19, 2021
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Surgery
Focused ultrasound technique gets quality assurance protocol
For the past several years, Washington University in St. Louis researchers have been using focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles to target an opening in the tough, protective blood-brain barrier to deliver drugs or ...
Apr 5, 2024
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Biomedical technology
Sound waves harden 3D-printed treatments in deep tissues
Engineers at Duke University and Harvard Medical School have developed a bio-compatible ink that solidifies into different 3D shapes and structures by absorbing ultrasound waves. Because it responds to sound waves rather ...
Dec 7, 2023
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