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.

Webinar | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

WEBINAR: Intelligently Efficient Adult Echo Structured Reporting

The dynamics of our world are changing rapidly. Cardiologists are being challenged to complete documentation in an ...

October 05, 2020

The artificial intelligence-driven Caption Guidance software guides point of care ultrasound (POCUS) users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images. The AI software is an example of a FDA-cleared software that is helping improve imaging, even when used by less experienced users.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Joe Fornadel, J.D., and Wes Moran, J.D.

Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence and Accompanying Liability Risks

The number of Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AI-based algorithms is significant and has grown at a steady ...

September 29, 2020

EchoGo Pro automates cardiac ultrasound measurements for heart functions, but also empower physicians to predict the occurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD).

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Ultromics Earns Frost & Sullivan Innovation Award for Pioneering AI-based Cardiac Echo Software

September 25, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiography mark ...

September 25, 2020

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Case Study | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Pass-Through Status and New Procedure Codes Are a Boon for Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Procedures

As part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, pass-through payment status for LUMASON® (sulfur hexafluoride ...

May 29, 2019

Naples Community Hospital Director of Cardiac Imaging Bill Shirkey showing a point-of-care echocardiogram of a COVID-19 patient he imaged with a GE Healthcare Vscan device bedside in an isolation room. Use of a small handheld device greatly speeds disinfection after the exam and does not require moving a larger cart-based ultrasound system into a room, which may require moving furniture and add exposure time in the room.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Handheld Ultrasound Helps to Monitor COVID-19 Patients With Cardiac Conditions

September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but is now well known COVID-19 ...

September 15, 2020

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: Example of a Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Pediatric Echocardiogram

Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial ...

September 15, 2020

The Epiq CVxi being used for TEE imaging in the cath lab. The system brings together advanced image quality, quantification and intelligence specifically for the cardiologist.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Philips Expands Cardiovascular Ultrasound With Affiniti CVx to Increase Productivity

September 15, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of dedicated cardiovasc ...

September 15, 2020

Echocardiography strain imaging at ASE. #ASE2020

News | ASE

ASE Features Top 20 Echocardiography Research Abstract Presentations

August 20, 2020 – More than 350 posters featuring cutting edge research on the advances in cardiovascular ultrasound ...

August 20, 2020

The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional study designed to obtain universal global reference ranges for both 2-D and 3-D echocardiographic (2DE, 3DE) data to identify geographical differences in echocardiographic measurements. Launched in 2016, the WASE study prospectively enrolled healthy individuals free from cardiac, lung, and kidney disease from 19 centers in 15 countries. #ASE #ASE2020

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

WASE Study Finds Differences in How Right Atrial Size is Reported in Non-Asian and Asian Patients

August 20, 2020 – The World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography (WASE) Normal Values Study is a cross-sectional ...

August 20, 2020

In the era of COVID-19, remote technical assistance has become big deal. GE Healthcare showed its Digital Expert technology at the ASE 2020 virtual meeting, which allows remote one-on-one echo training or ultrasound machine technical assistance. It became an important service for GE since the start of the pandemic.

Feature | ASE

Innovative Cardiovascular Ultrasound Solutions Showcased at ASE 2020 Virtual Meeting

August 19, 2020 — From point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) that has been a key technology during the COVID-19 pandemic, to ...

August 19, 2020

$aption Health a leader in medical AI technology, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for an updated version of Caption Interpretation, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enable clinicians to obtain quick, easy and accurate measurements of cardiac ejection fraction (EF) at the point of care.$