An ultrasound scan is one of the main tests doctors use to diagnose cholecystitis. On a scan, clinicians may be able to spot the presence of gallstones, which can cause this condition. Cholecystitis ...

An ultrasound-guided liver biopsy is a routine procedure in which doctors remove a small piece of liver tissue for analysis in a lab. Your doctor might recommend this procedure if they suspect there ...

Thyroid gland ultrasounds produce images that can help diagnose conditions such as cancer, goiters, and Grave’s disease. The thyroid gland is an important organ that produces several hormones. Various ...

Educating nurse practitioners, physician's assistans, and physicians how to better use their ultrasound units can help enhance patient care across the state. The University of Wyoming is providing ...

Residual tumor resections (RTR) in patients with germ cell tumors (GCT) after salvage chemotherapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include ...

Discovering you are pregnant is a significant moment. While it is exciting, it is normal to feel a mix of emotions, including ...

Alternatively, data from all transducers can be used while limiting the focal depth, allowing more transmit-receive pulses to ...

Are you leveraging the full capabilities of ultrasound to help your patients? Ultrasound technology can help practitioners diagnose and treat patients across a number of specialties, from pain ...

When Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, decided to focus his research efforts on glioblastomas, “everybody thought it was a dead end,” the neurosurgeon recalled. It wasn’t an unusual path for him. His first job ...