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JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use Sonoworld.com in standard view. However, it seems JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. To use standard view, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, then try again. How accurate is bedside ultrasound for the diagnosis of injuries to the abdomen or chest in patients with blunt injuries? In this review the authors conclude that positive POCS findings are helpful for guiding treatment decisions in patients with suspected blunt thoracoabdominal trauma. However, with regard to abdominal trauma, a negative POCS exam does not rule out injuries and must be verified by a reference standard Keyword : ABDOMEN, chest, emergency, PCOS, point of care ultrasound, thoracoabdominal, trauma, Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for surveillance after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair This systematic review assessed the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of imaging strategies, using either CDU or CEU alone or in conjunction with plain radiography, compared with CTA for EVAR surveillance. Keyword : aorta, CEUS, clinical effectiveness, color Doppler ultrasound, Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, cost effectiveness, endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, EVAR, surveillance, The authors conclude that ultrasound is a reliable radiation-free diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of distal forearm fractures in children and decreases the length of stay in ED. Keyword : diagnostic tool, ED, emergency, forearm, fractures, MUSCULOSKELETAL, Ultrasound, upper extremity, Ultrasound scans can be useful to monitor muscle changes in patients with glucocorticoid-induced muscle disease or steroid myopathy, and could become an effective routine procedure for those with Cushing’s disease, a study reports. Keyword : Cushing's disease, glucocorticoid-induced muscle disease, muscle, MUSCULOSKELETAL, myosteatosis, steroid myopathy, ultrasound-measured echo intensity, A research team used ultrasound waves to break up a nanoparticle-filled anesthetic to target the visual cortex of a rat brain. The drug reached its target, inhibiting excitatory evoked potentials. A new device captures particles within a sound field that can be shifted three dimensionally, causing the particles to dance in midair like marionettes on invisible strings. Ultrasound treatment to reverse dementia human trials set to start after $10 million grant Treatment for dementia is in sight after the Australian federal government announced $10 million funding for a study that used ultrasound to fully reverse dementia in mice, with clinical trials on humans set to begin late 2019. MRI-guided focused ultrasound applied transcranially was used to activate brain tissue focally, resulting in significantly accelerated remyelination in the treated area. This prospective study showed moderate concordance between ultrasound and colonoscopy in assessing the disease activity of ulcerative colitis. The authors suggest that more general and widespread use of US for assessment of ulcerative colitis could be applied in day-to-day clinical practice. Keyword : assess disease activity, assessment, colonoscopy, ulcerative colitis, ultrasonography, Lung ultrasound for the diagnosis of pneumonia in children with acute bronchiolitis This study shows the good accuracy of LUS in diagnosing pneumonia in children with clinical bronchiolitis. When including only consolidation size > 1 cm, specificity of LUS was higher than CXR, avoiding the need to perform CXR in these patients. Keyword : bronchiolitis, children, comparison with CXR, diagnosis, lung, lung ultrasound, LUS, PEDIATRIC, pneumonia, AI continues to make significant progress in the field of diagnostic imaging, as can be gauged using the recently concluded Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) Annual Meeting in Chicago as a barometer. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) helps differentiate between malignant and benignant renal lesions, according to a study published in the journal European Radiology. Keyword : CEUS, CONTRAST, Contrast-enhanced ultrasound, differentiation between benign and malignant, renal lesions, Alberta midwives granted broader powers to give drugs, insert IUDs, perform ultrasounds The Alberta government said starting April 1, 2019, midwives who complete additional training and are authorized by the College of Midwives of Alberta will be able to prescribe, dispense and administer a broader range of prescription drugs and be able to use ultrasounds to determine fetal position. Keyword : Alberta, Canada, expanded scope of practice, midwives, Ultrasound, ultrasounds to determine fetal position, 15 percent of babies exposed to Zika before birth had severe abnormalities in first 18 months Researchers evaluated motor skills and cognitive development, visual and hearing function, and brain images of children who had been exposed to the Zika virus during their mothers' pregnancies. By the age of 12 to 18 months, significant problems were present in 14.5 percent. Keyword : abnormalities, Babies, brain images, cognitive development, exposed to Zika, motor skills, visual and hearing function, Zika, Retrospective Analysis of Plantar Fascia by Ultrasound Imaging in Patients with Plantar Fasciitis The study found that acute injuries are significantly thicker than chronic injuries, and only acute symptomatic thicknesses are significantly different from their asymptomatic thickness counterparts. In addition the authors noted that 93% of symptomatic feet had hypoechoic lesions. Keyword : hypoechoic lesions, MUSCULOSKELETAL, plantar fascitis, thickness, ultrasound imaging, Ultrasound-based 3D printed model for surgical rehearsal prior to fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair New UOG Journal video clip illustrating an ultrasound-based 3D multimaterial printing of a patient-matched medical model to prepare a surgical team for fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair. Keyword : 3D printed model, fetoscopic myelomeningocele repair, surgical rehearsal, ultrasound-based, Update Proposed for EULAR Recommendations for Abnormalities in Knee Osteoarthritis A new study has recommended updated cutoffs for synovial effusion and hypertrophy to help screen for patients with symptomatic radiographic knee osteoarthritis. Keyword : EULAR Recommendations, hypertrophy, knee, MUSCULOSKELETAL, osteoarthritis, synovial effusion, updated cutoffs, If emerging tools and technology trends continue, prehospital point of care ultrasound (P-POCUS) is the assessment and skills adjunct that might be right around the corner for many more EMS services. Keyword : ambulance, emergency, EMS service, pocus, P-POCUS, prehospital, pre-hospital, rescue, Exoanal or transperineal/translabial tomographic imaging has been developed as a noninvasive alternative to Endoanal imaging. This pictorial overview introduces the reader to exoanal imaging and demonstrates common findings in asymptomatic and symptomatic women. Keyword : anal sphincters, exoanal imaging, noninvasive alternative to endoanal imaging, tomographic imaging, translabial, transperineal, This article reports a series of 6 patients with testicular macrocalcification, with development of a malignancy on follow‐up US. The authors encourage US follow-up examinations for patients with macrocalcification, potentially in a similar manner as for those with testicular microlithiasis. Researchers are exploring transcranial ultrasound stimulation (tUS), "an emerging technique that uses ultrasonic waves to noninvasively modulate brain activity." "Two minutes of ultrasonic imaging to the head produces about eight minutes of enhanced brain activity, and then it returns to normal. Keyword : BRAIN, enhanced brain activity, modulate brain activity, transcranial ultrasound stimulation, tUS, An ephemeral organ, long dismissed merely as afterbirth, increasingly is viewed as critical to understanding the health and course of pregnancy. This research study found that a simple screening algorithm model combining maternal and first- and second-trimester predictors including ultrasound scans can detect 60%of fetuses that will develop late FGR, and 79% of those fetuses that will be classified prenatally as late FGR, for a 10% FPR. Keyword : fetal growth, late fetal growth restriction, Obstetrics, prediction, PREGNANCY, screening algorithm, SGA, As technological innovation, new business models and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged to the forefront of the medical device industry over the past decade, medical imaging in particular has benefited the most from these trends. Keyword : AI, artificial intelligence, blockchain, medical device industry, medical imaging, new business models, technological innovation, Showing patients and their primary care doctors pictorial representations of carotid plaque may prompt greater adherence to lifestyle and medication interventions, resulting in lower cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk within one year, according to a study published Dec. 3 in The Lancet. Keyword : cardiovascular disease, carotid plaque, patient adherence, pictoral representations, Photoacoustic tomography provides information about tissues in real time by utilizing ultrasonic waves. A contrast agent is used which interacts with light, creating ultrasonic waves. One such contrast agent is gold nanoparticles. In a medical first, a mother who received a uterus transplant from a dead donor gave birth to a healthy baby, researchers reported Wednesday. CPT Code changes which will go into effect in the U.S. on January 1, 2019, include a new “Category I” CPT code to support the use of CEUS for non-cardiac abdominal imaging. In addition, final Medicare physician payment rules will increase the RVUs (relative value units) for the new CEUS codes. Keyword : billing, CEUS, CEUS codes, CONTRAST, CPT Code, non-cardiac abdominal imaging, reimbursement, RVUs, FDA is modernizing its 510(k) program and one change it is mulling is placing a limit on how old a predicate device is when manufacturers develop a new product showing substantial equivalence. Keyword : 10 year limit, 510(k), FDA, older predicates, predicate device, regulatory, substantial equivalence, Among diaphragmatic parameters, time to peak inspiratory amplitude of the diaphragm exhibits good performance in predicting the success of weaning from mechanical ventilation. Ultrasound screening data from Fukushima reveals large reservoir of subclinical thyroid cancer in children The study provides vital data on thyroid cancer and may lead to growing demands outside of Japan for more ultrasound scans in younger people, increasing the risk of overdiagnosis, experts have warned. Keyword : Fukushima, radiation exposure, screening, subclinical reservoir, thyroid cancer, In a cohort of 82 pregnant women with the Zika virus infection, prenatal ultrasound was able to detect all fetal brain abnormalities but one. Results from the study were published in JAMA Pediatrics. ICUS applauds announcement of dramatic changes in payment for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) applauds the announcement of dramatic changes in payment for contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging of the abdomen in the United States. Current endoscopic treatments for bleeding peptic ulcers rely on visual endpoints to assess adequacy of therapy. The use of endoscopic Doppler ultrasound probes may allow for a more reliable assessment of therapeutic accuracy with less peptic ulcer rebleeding. Cryoablation -- the destruction of cancer cells through freezing -- shows early indications of effectiveness in treating women with low-risk breast cancers, according to research presented at RSNA Clinical and Ultrasound Predictors of Placenta Accreta in Pregnant Women with Antepartum Diagnosis of Placenta Previa Women with a prior delivery by caesarean section have a high incidence of placenta accreta among women with antepartum diagnosis of placenta previa. Percutaneous coronary intervention guided by intravascular ultrasound linked to long-term advantages The use of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to guide PCI leads to further improvements in event-free survival between one and two years post-procedure, according to a report from the ADAPT-DES study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. Keyword : event-free survival, intravascular ultrasound guidance, IVUS, PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention, Twinkling artifact on Doppler ultrasound for the detection of breast microcalcifications The authors of this research study conclude that the twinkling artifact is useful for microcalcifications in ultrasound examinations, enabling a significant increase in the yield of ultrasound-guided biopsies and better preoperative marking of groups of microcalcifications. Keyword : Breast, detection of microcalcifications, Doppler ultrasound, microcalcifications, twinkling artifact,

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