For people who are at high risk of developing breast cancer, frequent screenings with ultrasound can help detect tumors early ...

Ordinarily, medical ultrasound imaging systems are big and bulky enough that they have to be pushed along on wheeled carts. The new Vave probe, however, can be carried in a pocket and paired with a ...

A device could change how breast cancer is found, enabling frequent screening at clinics & helping detect tumors earlier than ...

Children are usually examined using ultrasound to protect them from radiation exposure. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA are now working on a ...

In A Nutshell MIT researchers built a portable ultrasound device weighing just over one pound that images more than 4 inches deep into breast tissue, matching hospital machine performance with far ...

When it comes to dental checkups, no one likes having their gums poked with the periodontal probe. Well, they may soon no longer have to, thanks to a gum-assessing toothbrush-shaped mini ultrasound ...

Ultrasound is a versatile medical technology used in almost every healthcare department across a spectrum of specialties and procedures. Infection preventionists (IPs) and quality and risk managers ...

Ultrasonography is a noninvasive imaging technique used for real-time imaging. This versatile technique is used as a reliable ...

Ultrasound is one of the most common procedures in the United States, with more than 140 million ultrasound procedures performed every year.1 These procedures are highly variable, spanning many areas ...

Pancreatic cancer develops from uncontrolled cell growth in the pancreas. Doctors may use an ultrasound to help detect pancreatic cancer as part of their diagnosis. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can ...

Ultrasonography is a non-invasive imaging technique used for real-time imaging. This versatile technique is used as a ...