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 | | Bacterial Contaminants in Ultrasound Scanning Gel | | Researchers in Turkey reported on the frequency of bacterial contamination in medical ultrasound coupling gels. Contaminants were far more common in a less expensive brand of gel. This problem has the potential to result in outbreaks of nosocomial infections.
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 | | Impressions from the AIUM | | The AIUM this year provided a microcosm of the state of the field of Ultrasound. SonoWorld feature author Dan Merton provides an overview of the events and topics of this year's program. | | More >> |
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 | | AIUM Offers Grant | | The AIUM Endowment for Education and Research is accepting proposals for funded studies of the costs, accuracy, risks and benefits of ultrasound compared to other imaging modalities. | | More >> |
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 | | What Can We Learn From Animals? | | Scientists in the United Kingdom hope to exploit the amazing powers of echolocation possessed by dolphins and other animals to develop new medical ultrasound technologies.
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 | | Sonography on the Spot | | Physicians in Italy believe they may have identified, with endovaginal sonography, the elusive- some would say nonexistent- female G-spot thought to be responsible for triggering vaginal orgasms. | | More >> |
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 | | Expanding Ultrasound Market in Southern Africa | | Ultrasound imaging is one of the most cost-effective imaging modalities available. In Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth and charitable donations are improving healthcare which, in turn, is creating growth in the diagnostic medical ultrasound market. | | More >> |
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 | | Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy for Lung Cancer Staging | | Mediastinoscopy is considered the best method to stage patients with lung cancer, but the procedure is invasive, expensive and requires general anesthesia. A new report suggests that ultrasound-guided transesophageal and endobronchial lymph node biopsies could offer a viable alternative.
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 | | Sonographic Detection of Traumatic Pneumothorax | | A recent report indicates that sonography is nearly as accurate as CT for the detection of occult traumatic pneumothorax. The researchers suggest that evaluation of the thorax should be included during FAST exams in every chest trauma patient. | | More >> |
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 | | What’s in That Amniotic Fluid? | | Perhaps the womb is not the sterile environment we thought it was. A recent report indicates that in some cases the sludgy debris seen with sonography in the amniotic fluid is a bacterial biofilm.
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 | | Sonographic Experience Impacts Gynecologic Care | | A study done in the United Kingdom found that improving the quality of sonographic training could reduce the number of missed diagnoses which may lead to less unnecessary surgeries on women with suspected ovarian cancer. | | More >> |
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