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.

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December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of ...

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December 9, 2009 – Of the 1,200 cardiologists and cardiovascular ultrasound technicians recently surveyed, 87 ...

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December 7, 2009 – Six widely used tests that determine risk factors for a specific disease are included in Medweb ...

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December 7, 2009 – New OEM ultrasound software solutions for dynamic 3D assessment of the fetal heart, 3D ...

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Feature | Dr. John Gorcsan, M.D.,University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Echocardiography has played an integral role in the diagnosis and treatment of millions of patients with cardiac ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

With new CPT reimbursement codes for cardiac computed tomography (CT) starting in January 2010, there will likely ...

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Feature | By Alfred Pechisker, M.Sc, and Kamran Zamanian Ph.D., iData Research Inc.

The incidence of cardiac arrhythmia is expected to increase significantly with an aging U.S. population and rising ...

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The Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Screening, which maps and assesses vascular age, is one of the many ...

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November 4, 2009 - “We know it's less expensive to treat a disease in its early stages, yet CMS’ reimbursement ...

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November 2, 2009 — Ascent Healthcare Solutions said last week it received the industry’s first and only 510(k) ...

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October 12, 2009 – Medicare regulatory changes expected to be finalized in November pose a threat to 80 million ...

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October 6, 2009 – ProSolv CardioVascular, a Fujifilm company, recently said the Veterans in Partnership Healthcare ...

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October 2, 2009 – Verathon yesterday released the new AortaScan AMI 9700 aortic measurement instrument, which uses ...

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September 28, 2009 - GE Healthcare and Biosense Webster Inc. announced new versions of the Vivid i and Vivid q ...

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September 9, 2009 - Integrated backscatter (IBS) images were acquired with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) ...

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