Posts Tagged ‘ultrasound’
Acuson P300: Siemens Dips Its Toe in the Compact Ultrasound Market
Siemens Healthcare recently began quoting the Acuson P300TM, its first true foray into the highly competitive Compact/Point-of-care ultrasound segment. While this unit doesn’t feature any industry-disrupting technology that sets it apart from the rest in the field, the P300 is designed and priced to challenge heavyweights like SonoSite and GE for space in the general imaging and department-specific applications market. Read More »
The Compact/Point-of-Care Ultrasound Market and What the MD Buyline Database is Reporting Regarding Vendors
As one of the most active market segments, the Compact/Point-of-Care Ultrasound market is not always clearly delineated and defined; in [...] Read More »
Trophon® EPR: High-Level Disinfection for Ultrasound Transducers Made Easy
Sonographers rejoice! Disinfecting ultrasound probes just got simpler and less dangerous with the Trophon EPR by Nanosonics. Approved by the [...] Read More »
Medical Imaging at the 2012 Summer Olympics
In my life before MD Buyline, I gained experience in Sports Medicine X-rays while working as a contracted radiographer at an NFL stadium in the late 90s; so I knew that medical imaging would be readily available to the Olympic athletes to some degree. However, after brushing up on a few updates and press releases, I found out that the depth and breadth of imaging modalities located in London’s Polyclinics today, which are provided by GE Healthcare, are a far cry from the portable X-ray unit, film processor and view box I used sixteen years ago during the Atlanta Falcons’ home games. Despite this, the goal has remained the same: get the medical imaging procedure done quickly and accurately, get the results to the right people and get the athlete back in the game if the results support that decision. Read More »
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GE Introduces 4D TEE Transducer with Vivid E9 Breakthrough
GE Healthcare has significantly affected the cardiovascular ultrasound market with the introduction of a FDA cleared 4D transducer for transesophageal [...] Read More »
3D Parametric Mapping – Worth the Investment?
It’s amazing how far ultrasound has come. First it was 3D, then 4D, and now we have 3D parametric mapping. [...] Read More »
FDA 510(K) Clearance for Euclid Tier 1 Mini Access
The Euclid Tier 1 Mini Access System by Houston Medical Robotics, Inc. has received FDA 510 clearance, according to a [...] Read More »
Electromechanical Wave Imaging
Electromechanical Wave Imaging (EWI) is an advanced form of ultrasound that can be used to identify the exact location of an arrhythmia by mapping the heart's sequence of electrical activity, thus, allowing cardiologists to diagnose and plan therapies non-invasively. It is a simple, quick, noninvasive technology. Read More »
Time-Reversed Ultrasound
Ultrasound technology has evolved to view just about every area of the body but it still has its limitations in efficiently penetrate varying tissues, which has limited ultrasounds ability to treat and image critical areas of the body such as the brain, liver, and heart. But, time-reversed ultrasound is an emerging technology designed to improve the accuracy of both imaging and therapeutic ultrasound technology. Read More »
CMS Takes Aim at Overused Imaging
Imaging efficiency measures are part of the Measures Management System now being developed by CMS. Its goal is to ensure proper utilization of imaging technology and to guarantee that new proposed payment strategies are based on scientific evidence. The primary focus of the program is on high-cost PET, SPECT, ultrasound, MRI, and CT technologies. Read More »
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