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 echocardiogram being performed on a patient using a Toshiba ultrasound system at ASE 2017. ASE offers appropriate use criteria (AUC) for echocardiograms.
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This article was updated in 2018


March 7, 2013 — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released a list ...

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March 6, 2013 — Esaote launched its next generation imaging technology for dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) an ...

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February 26, 2013 — Strain imaging for echo is increasingly being recommended to assist in assessing cancer patients at ...

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Cardiac Ultra Sound Echo ASE Choosing Wisely 5 THings Patients Should Question
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February 25, 2012 — Taking a leadership role in addressing inefficient practices and improving care, the American ...

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February 20, 2013, — The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has joined the ABIM Foundation and 37 other ...

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This short cine loop shows a 3-D/4-D transesophegeal echo (TEE) view of a transcatheter Amplatzer closure device used to ...

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February 1, 2013 — PhysioSonics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the Presto 1000 flow ...

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January 23, 2013 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced European CE mark approval of its ViewFlex Xtra Intracardiac ...

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January 18, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced that it has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) that will allow ...

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DAIC Editor Dave Fornell highlights the latest advancements that will impact cardiovascular imaging from the 2012 ...

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December 12, 2012 — Nearly 12 months after their first collaborative medical outreach project, the American Society of ...

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Toshiba is developing a radiation dose alert to show interventionalists how much dose they have delivered to their patient from X-ray angiography.
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The latest advances in cardiovascular imaging are usually shown first at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA ...

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The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting has transitioned in recent years from an imaging device ...

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