Provisio's SLT IVUS System gets FDA nod
Provisio Medical's Sonic Lumen Technology (SLT) Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) system has been granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
SLT provides automatic, real-time, numeric measurements of the flow lumen of blood vessels without the complexities of image interpretation, the company said. It consists of the SLT IVUS P1 System and the SLT IVUS Support Crossing Catheter; the catheter is an over-the-wire intravascular ultrasound catheter with an ultrasound transducer array at the distal end, which also works as a support crossing catheter. Information from the ultrasound signal is used s...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Esaote reports growth in fiscal year 2023
Italian medical device vendor Esaote posted increased revenues for fiscal year 2023, citing upticks in sales in its ultrasound and MRI segments.
Financial results for the company's full fiscal year (end-December 31) showed revenues of 273.2 million euros ($292 million), up 6.5% over fiscal year 2022.
Sales increased in all business lines, especially in the ultrasound segment (9.7%), driven by the launch in early 2023 of its MyLabTMX90 cart system, Esaote said. The company’s MRI sector was up 3.3% over fiscal year 2022, driven by sales of its Magnifico Open "total-body" open magnet system.
The company reported a consol...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 25, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Radiologists can take steps toward environmental sustainability
Radiology departments can take proactive steps to promote environmental sustainability, according to an article published April 23 in Radiology.
A team led by Kate Hanneman, MD, of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, proposed ways that departments can strategize to promote planetary health beyond turning imaging machines off when not in use. These include forming sustainability teams, opting for low-energy imaging tests when possible, and working with imaging vendors, among others.
“There are other opportunities to improve environmental sustainability that are beyond energy,” Hanneman told AuntMinnie.com. ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Exo launches cardiac, lung AI apps for Exo Iris
Exo’s cardiac and lung AI applications are now available on Exo Iris, its handheld ultrasound device.
The company released Exo Iris last year. The point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) device now features pulsed-wave Doppler capabilities to offer physicians more opportunities to assess blood velocity and thus support diagnosis and deeper findings in cardiac, abdominal, and vascular applications, according to the firm.
Exo has U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510k clearances for cardiac, lung, bladder, hip, and thyroid applications, and plans to double the number of clearances by 2025, it said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Deep-learning algorithm improves liver fibrosis diagnosis
An algorithm combining the Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) and an ultrasound deep-learning model could improve diagnostic accuracy and referral management for all-cause advanced liver fibrosis, a study published April 23 in Radiology found.
Researchers led by Li-Da Chen, PhD, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China found that their combined sequential algorithm improved specificity by over 20% for predicting pathologically advanced liver fibrosis compared with the Fibrosis-4 Index (FIB-4) alone. Additionally, the algorithm reduced unnecessary referrals by 42% without requiring access to l...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
NLP uncovers racial bias in documenting ob/gyn imaging findings
Natural language processing (NLP), a form of AI, can uncover racial bias in documenting radiology-confirmed ob/gyn findings, a study published April 21 in Clinical Imaging reported.
Researchers led by Shoshana Haberman, MD, PhD, from the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, found that NLP-derived data incorporated into a platform for ultrasound or MRI-confirmed uterine fibroids during pregnancy showed that Black patients were more likely to have an obstetrical diagnosis entered late into their patient charts or have missing documentation of the diagnosis.
“All providers should be committed to quality documentati...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Recommendations Developed to Improve Endometriosis Diagnosis
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 -- In a Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound expert consensus statement published online April 9 in Radiology, recommendations are presented for the diagnosis and management of endometriosis.
Scott W. Young, M.D., from Mayo... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 22, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Some Older Women Need Extra Breast Scans. Why Won ’t Medicare Pay?
Mammography can miss tumors in women with dense breasts, so their doctors often include ultrasound or M.R.I. scans. Patients often wind up paying the bill. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Breast Cancer Tests (Medical) Mammography Women and Girls Medicare Disease Rates Ultrasonic Imaging and Sonograms Tumors Preventive Medicine Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Source Type: news
Segmed partners with Beacon Health System in Indiana
Data management vendor Segmed plans to partner with nonprofit Beacon Health System in Indiana to supply Segmed's advanced medical imaging data.
Beacon will have access to Segmed's database of imaging data from various modalities such as CT scans, MRIs, x-rays, and ultrasounds, according to Segmed.
Segmed acquires, deidentifies, standardizes, and provides medical imaging data to use as part of AI machine learning. As of August 2023, Segmed's Insight cloud-based platform reportedly had surpassed 100 million imaging studies. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 19, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
GE HealthCare launches two new ultrasound systems
GE HealthCare (GEHC) has launched two new ultrasound systems, Voluson Signature 20 and 18, both of which integrate AI and advanced tools, and feature ergonomic design that aims to speed exam time for clinicians while also improving women’s health.
The systems contain the following features:
Hey Voluson, which allows users to operate the system using voice commands
SonoLyst, a suite of tools that leverage AI to identify fetal anatomy seen on standard views, then automatically annotates and measures where applicable
SonoPelvicFloor, which GE said simplifies assessments of the pelvic floor and speeds up exams by automa...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
POCUS used widely in lung ultrasound applications
Some of the top "domains" of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) incorporate the technology into lung ultrasound applications, according to research published in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.
A team led by the POCUS Certification Academy, part of Inteleos in Rockville, MD, published a list of the top 25 POCUS community-defined practice domains, dubbed “POCUS25.” They found via survey data that the POCUS community believes the most important domains are tied to imaging of the pneumothorax, pericardial effusion and cardiac tamponade detection, normal lung ultrasound, basic practical physics, and extended focused assess...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 17, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Source Type: news
Deep-learning model determines breast tumor staging
A deep-learning model based on mammographic images can determine tumor staging and sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients, a study published April 15 in Informatics in Medicine Unlocked found. A team led by Elaheh Tarighati Sereshkeh from the Iran University of Medical Science in Tehran found that its convolutional neural network (CNN) model achieved high performance marks in these areas. “This method can be used as a potential non-invasive tool to determine tumor staging and sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer in people suspected of having the complication and to avoid unnecessary surger...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 16, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
DR MARTIN SCURR: The nerve-zapping operation that could cure back pain... and the best way to treat a stuffy nose
For several years I've suffered from lower back pain. In the past year I've had MRI and CT scans, X-rays, a colonoscopy and ultrasound scans, which found only some degeneration of the spine. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IVUS Bests Angiography to Guide PCI in ACS IVUS Bests Angiography to Guide PCI in ACS
In acute coronary syndrome, intravascular ultrasound-guidance of PCI improved clinical outcomes safely and more effectively than angiography alone in the IVUS-ACS trial.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Sonio taps new scientific advisory board member
Paris-based AI developer for ultrasound Sonio has appointed Yinka Oyelese, MD, as a new scientific advisory board member.
Oyelese is a maternal-fetal medicine physician currently serving as director of obstetric imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston. He has previously worked at St. George's Hospital in London, U.K. and completed his OB/GYN residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, Sonio said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
