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Commercial pranks fathers-to-be with fake fetus ultrasound
In a commercial promoting LG's new TVs an Israeli advertising agency has pranked expectant fathers by showing them a lifelike fetus waving and smiling during an ultrasound.

Study Finds Plasmin—Delivered Through a Bubble—More Effective Than tPA in Busting Clots
A new study has found that, when delivered via ultrasound, the natural enzyme plasmin is more effective at dissolving stroke-causing clots than the standard of care, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA).

'Good Vibrations:' Brain Ultrasound Improves Mood
A clinical ultrasound imaging device was shown to produce significant improvement in mood both 10 minutes and 40 minutes after exposure, but not after sham/placebo exposure.

A glimpse of the logical next step in POS Ultrasound
NIH is funding development of hardware and image analysis algorithms that will allow novice ultrasound operators to perform Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) procedures.

CEUS for localization of pathological parathyroid glands
Research study shows CEUS a highly reliable diagnostic tool for localization of pathological parathyroid glands...

Ultrasound effective in early psoriatic arthritis patients
Ultrasound demonstrated to be "fundamental for a correct diagnosis at the beginning of the disease".

Ultrasound expedites pediatric emergency evaluations
"It makes sense to use ultrasound for pediatric patients, but there’s been a delay in picking up this idea"

Moth Smashes Ultrasound Hearing Records
The greater wax moth can hear sounds at frequencies up to 300 kilohertz, higher than any bat can produce.

Pioneer Develops 3D Hologram Printing of Fetal Face Ultrasound
Its still in development, and takes 2 hours to do a single print, but may be a glimpse of the future in baby face documentation.

Signos Sonimage P3, Handheld Ultrasound Receives FDA Approval
Signostics (Thebarton, South Australia) has received FDA 510(k) clearance to market its Signos RT handheld ultrasound device in the United States, where it will be sold as the Sonimage P3.

New Image Fusion-Guided Biopsy Improves Accuracy of Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
The new technology is called the UroNav Fusion Biopsy System and was developed through collaboration between Invivo, a subsidiary of Philips Healthcare, and the National Institutes of Health.

NASA Ultrasound Chosen For Space Technology Hall Of Fame
Two ultrasound devices developed by NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mediphan of Ontario, Canada, were inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame at the 29th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Wireless scanner combines 3D ultrasound and image processing in a hand-held device
A hand-held, battery-operated device that integrates imaging and image processing technology could in the near future allow medical professionals to take 3D ultrasound images with minimal training and at a lower cost.

Overweight Pregnant Women Need More Ultrasounds
Excess weight is associated with an increase in risk of as much as 20% for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum congenital anomalies, and the detection rate of these anomalies is much lower in obese women than in healthy-weight women.

Using microbubbles to improve cancer therapy
Recent in vitro research found that microbubbles decrease the time and acoustic power of ultrasound required to heat and destroy an embedded target by more than half.

Ultrasound of Vocal Cords Could Reduce Laryngoscopies
Transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasound (TLUS) clearly and noninvasively assessed vocal-cord function in 95% of patients undergoing thyroidectomy, in a new prospective study of over 200 patients.

Transvaginal ultrasound recommended for suspected ectopic pregnancy
Transvaginal sonography is the best way to evaluate women with suspected ectopic pregnancy, a UK study indicates.

Ovarian dermoid cysts recur in 11% of adolescents
The total recurrence rate of ovarian dermoid cysts in a pediatric and adolescent population following cystectomy is 11%, and evidence of recurrence that requires a second operative management is 3%.

Ultrasound recommended for diagnosis of pseudotumors in asymptomatic MoM hips
The results of a prospective, award-winning study suggest that ultrasound can successfully screen asymptomatic patients with large head metal-on-metal total hips for progressive pseudotumors.

Fiducial Marker Placement by Interventional Radiologists is OK
Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate fiducial marker placement appears to be a safe and reliable technique that may be performed by an interventional radiologist for subsequent prostate localization during radiotherapy.

Medicare Establishes Code and Payment for MR guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Therapy for Bone Mets
CMS has created a new billing code for MR guided focused ultrasound treatment of pain palliation of metastatic bone lesions and has established a Medicare payment rate for hospital outpatient departments.

Ultrasound as less invasive imaging method for bowel disease
ultrasound as less invasive treatment for bowel disease

US assessment of specific joints is sensitive for detecting inflammation during clinical remission
A model including ultrasound assessment of the wrist, metacarpophalangeal, ankle, and metatarsophalangeal joints is highly sensitive for detecting B-mode and Doppler joint inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Space to Earth Ultrasound Project Lands Henry Ford Physician in Hall of Fame
Scott Dulchavsky, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, was inducted into the Space Foundation's Space Technology Hall of Fame for his work training astronauts to use ultrasound technology in space.

Mobisante launches Windows tablet-based ultrasound system
Physicians can rent the system, which includes a tablet running Windows 7 and Mobisante’s software, for about $400 a month.

Will ultrasound come to our homes?
In the next 20 years, will ordinary people own small, cheap ultrasound units in their home, which they'll use to give themselves check-ups for chronic diseases or to gather data and beam it to a doctor's office? It's possible, says a leading expert.

Ultrasound Upstaged!? Embryo videos: taking new baby's first photos
Would-be parents can take home a photo of their baby's five-day-old embryo and stick it on the fridge, or post a still image to Facebook, trumping the traditional ultrasound images as the first pictorial evidence of a new life.

New breast imaging algorithm brings improved breast cancer diagnosis and treatment to Uganda
The diagnostic algorithm is designed to be simpler and more effective than the current course of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for women in Uganda, a region where most breast cancer patients are diagnosed with late stage breast cancer

Handheld ultrasound outperforms cardiologist's physical exam
Handheld ultrasound proved "vastly superior" to physical examination conducted by cardiologists for the evaluation of a variety of cardiovascular complaints in a head-to-head prospective trial.

New Interspecies Brain-to-Brain Interface Allows a Human to Wag a Rat’s Tail
In the experiment an anesthetized rat had a focused ultrasound device positioned over its scalp while a human subject wore an EEG cap that was wired to the ultrasound device.