Tag: ultrasound

Originally published by Harvard Health What Is It? Ultrasound scanning, also called sonography, is a technique used to see tissues and ...

1. Among asymptomatic women with dense breasts, the combination of automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) with routine screening mammography increased detection ...

1. Ultrasound with a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor type 2 (VEGFR2)-targeted contrast agent allowed for noninvasive detection of pancreatic ...

1. Ultrasound- or computed tomography (CT)-guided ovarian mass biopsy yielded diagnostically sufficient samples with a sensitivity and specificity of 100% ...

1. Point-of-care (POC) ultrasound was equally effective as CT scan in identifying renal calculi at “high-risk” for complications at 30-days ...

1. Among patients with a nondiagnostic fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of thyroid nodules, the use of an ultrasound-based evaluation ...

1. There was no difference in long term mortality amongst patients who underwent either fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary ...

Image: PD  1.  This model of simulated health outcomes found that screening for cardiac disease by echocardiography or MRI among childhood ...

Image: CC/Wiki 1. A review of one-time ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) demonstrated that screening was associated with ...

Image: PD  1. MRI-guided ultrasound thalamotomy improved essential tremor symptoms in a small group of patients.  2. A substantial subset ...