Press Articles
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Breast ultrasound from the patient’s perspective
By Dr Kamilia Kozlowski, October 2017, DI EUROPE Knowing that modern mammography can miss cancer in dense breast tissue, my colleagues and I at the Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center have been performing ultrasound screening since 1983 for dense breasts and indeterminate mammographic clinical findings. We recently helped pass a breast density notification law here in Tennessee. Currently in the United States, more than half of the individual states have passed legislation which requires radiologists to inform women if it is found that they have dense breasts. |
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New ultrasound machine gives physiotherapy research more muscle
October 19, 2017 Improving the treatment of musculoskeletal injuries could come at the push of a button, with CQUniversity’s Physiotherapy Department discovering the potential of a new ultrasound machine. |
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SuperSonic Imagine introduces Aixplorer Ultimate ultrasound system
By John Fisher, October 16, 2017, DotMed SuperSonic Imagine introduced the latest version of its premium ultrasound system, Aixplorer Ultimate, for the first time at Journées Francophones de Radiologie (JFR 2017), hosted by the Société Française de Radiologie, between October 13 and October 16 in Paris, France |
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Shear Wave Elastography — Moving Toward a New Clinical Standard in Radiology?
By David Cosgrove, MD, FRCR, FRCP, Radiology Today - Aug. 2016 Shear wave elastography (SWE), an ultrasound imaging technique that can produce 2D and 3D images and quantified measurements of tissue stiffness noninvasively, is not yet the clinical standard for assessing liver fibrosis. Two factors, one from within the medical-scientific community and one from without, are poised to change that. |
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Pilot program extends Hepatitis C care to an underserved population
Written by Christian Ramers, MD, Assistant Medical Director for Research & Special Populations at Family Health Centers of San Diego and Timothy Fraser, Director of Community & Government Relations at Family Health Centers of San Diego | August 25, 2016 |
Hepatitis C is appropriately recognized as a serious liver disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Although it may manifest as an acute infection, roughly 75% of cases progress to a chronic disease that often requires tremendous use of healthcare resources for management and treatment. |
