CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultrasound experts today urged the health care community to work to expand utilization of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in order to offer patients broader access to ...

Patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer who received a focused ultrasound treatment to aid drug delivery increased their odds of survival by nearly 40%, according to research led by ...

A new Lancet study examines the potential for ‘microbubble-enhanced ultrasound,’ which helps therapeutics enter the brain ...

What lies beneath the surface? Ultrasound is revealing the earliest signs of psoriatic arthritis, and changing care in the ...

GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast goes in-depth with tech innovators bringing new ideas and ingenuity to health and wellness. by Kellie Schmitt on Jan 23, 2019 at 2:53 pm January 23, 2019 at 3:10 pm ...

Columbia University researchers are the first to show that focused ultrasound—a noninvasive technique that uses sound waves ...

A stretcher races through the entrance of a busy hospital. The car-accident victim lies on top and grimaces in pain. While surface injuries looks gruesome, the real medical danger is invisible – ...

Medical ultrasound is widely known. Cardiologists use it to check the heart is pumping normally. Ophthalmologists use it to check for detached retinas and for tumors. But its most familiar application ...

Musculoskeletal ultrasound is a non-invasive diagnostic technique to capture images of the muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints of the body. It is used to diagnose sprains, tears, and other soft ...

A man with Alzheimer's, knowing there's no cure for the disease, donned a million-dollar helmet for a cutting-edge treatment directing nearly a thousand beams of ultrasound energy at a target in his ...

Ectopic pregnancies are diagnosed considering a variety of factors. Using ultrasound for ectopic pregnancy diagnosis is common. Share on Pinterest Photo, Medical Equipment, Medical Exam, Parenthood, ...

An ultrasound scan is one of the main tests doctors use to diagnose cholecystitis. On a scan, clinicians may be able to spot the presence of gallstones, which can cause this condition. Cholecystitis ...