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Hitachi Aloka Medical Showcased World’s First 4-D Elastography Option at RSNA 2011

Hitachi Aloka Medical displayed the world’s first 4-D ultrasound elastography feature at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) annual meeting this year.  

Editor's Choice for Most Innovative New Technology at RSNA 2011

After spending a week walking the show floor and meeting with scores of vendors at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 annual meeting, the following are my choices for the most innovative new technologies presented.

GE Healthcare’s Vivid q Cardiovascular Ultrasound Selected by NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) selected GE Healthcare’s Vivid q cardiovascular ultrasound system for delivery to the International Space Station (ISS) on its final space shuttle flight. The Vivid q launched on the sp...

Contrast Echo Can Dramatically Improve Detection of Heart Disease

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) can "dramatically improve" physicians' ability to detect heart disease and stratify future risk, said Thomas Porter, M.D., at the 16th European Symposium on Ultrasound Contrast Imaging in Rotterdam.

Elekta Receives FDA Clearance for Clarity 3-D Ultrasound...
February 21, 2012 — Clarity soft tissue visualization system now provides an autoscan option for automated ultrasound scanning from outside of the treatment...
Medical Outreach Brings Pocket Ultrasound to Underserved in...
February 16, 2012 — A partnership between the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) and GE Healthcare used technological innovations in the field to bring...
Toshiba Installs First Aplio 500 Ultrasound System at...
February 9, 2012 — To enhance the diagnostic capabilities of ultrasound and improve patient care, Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., installed the first...
Hitachi Aloka Introduce Primary Care Ultrasound System
February 9, 2012 – Hitachi Aloka Medical Ltd. announced the release of a new digital diagnostic ultrasound system, F37. F37 was developed focusing on...
Elekta Received FDA Clearance for Clarity 3-D Ultrasound With Autoscan to Guide Prostate Radiotherapy
Clarity soft tissue visualization system now provides an autoscan option for automated ultrasound scanning from outside of the treatment
Hitachi Aloka Introduce Primary Care Ultrasound System
Hitachi Aloka Medical Ltd. announced the release of a new digital diagnostic ultrasound system, F37. F37 was developed focusing on...
Analogic Launches Three BK Ultrasound Systems With Image Enhancement Software
Analogic, a medical imaging and aviation security technology company, announced the worldwide launch of three BK Medical ultrasound systems...
FDA Clears Siemens’ Acuson SC2000 Cardiac Ultrasound System
Siemens Healthcare's release 2.0 of the Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system elevates volume imaging in echocardiography,...
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Editor's Choice for Most Innovative New Technology at...
After spending a week walking the show floor and meeting with scores of vendors at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 annual meeting, the...
Breast Tissue Density Screening
Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation Women’s Health Center is in Santa Rosa, Calif., a community of 160,000 located an hour north of San Francisco in an area that...
Recent Trends & Developments in Ultrasound Technology
The overarching trend in ultrasound continues to be the development of smaller and more powerful imaging platforms. The provision of hand-carried systems that...
Ultrasound: Quick, Accurate Diagnosis in the ED
The number of ultrasound systems in emergency departments will nearly double by 2015, according to a report by ultrasound industry expert and consultant Harvey...

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