Ultrasound Imaging

Ultrasound uses sound waves to create images. This section includes echocardiography (echo), transthoracic echo (TTE), transesophageal echo (TEE), echo contrast, transducers, ultrasound software and point of care (POC) ultrasound.

An example of strain imaging cardiac echocardiography software offered on Canon's cardiac ultrasound systems. It is highly automated to speed workflow. It color codes areas of different strain values, graphs these in a visual plot and pulls quantification measurements. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Feature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Dave Fornell, Editor

The biggest trend across healthcare the past two years is the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and its ...

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Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of nonivasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at M ...

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Cardiac Imaging Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Cardiology imaging societies issue guidelines on how to handle patient imaging under virus precautions. #COVID19 #SARScov2
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Cases of acute cardiovascular disease and cardiac complications caused by COVID-19 require cardiovascular imaging ...

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ASE issued guidelines for the protection of echocardiography providers during the COVID-19 outbreak. Image shows a Philips Ultrasound system being used during a demonstration at the ASE 2019 meeting. #SARScov2
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The provision of echocardiographic services remains crucial during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) outbreak ...

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March 27, 2020 — In Italy today, novel coronavirus (COVID-19) claimed the life of well known cardiologist Maurizio ...

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Interview with Mike Stone, M.D., an emergency physician at Northwest Acute Care Specialists in Portland, Ore., director ...

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Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology
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March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...

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March 5, 2020 — Experts in the medical imaging community have developed a new, landmark consensus document to optimize ...

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February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the ...

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Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Sanjay Parekh, Ph.D. 

February 7, 2020 – At the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in December, there was a record ...

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DAIC/ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new medical imaging technologies displayed on ...

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This is the LVivo auto cardiac ejection fraction (EF) app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) from the vendor Dia ...

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