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IMAGING Management

Next-gen-ultrasound-stroke-diagnosis-and-beyond

2024 30 Jan

  Recent developments in the field of medical imaging are poised to significantly impact the approach to patient care, particularly in the timely diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Spearheaded by European researchers, these innovations center around the deployment of portable ultrasound devices, offering a promising enhancement to the diagnostic...Read more

Ultrasound

Next-gen-ultrasound-stroke-diagnosis-and-beyond

2024 30 Jan

  Recent developments in the field of medical imaging are poised to significantly impact the approach to patient care, particularly in the timely diagnosis and treatment of stroke. Spearheaded by European researchers, these innovations center around the deployment of portable ultrasound devices, offering a promising enhancement to the diagnostic...Read more

IMAGING Management

Building-a-point-of-care-ultrasound-programme-five-guiding-principles

2023 24 Nov

A recent analysis, published in JACR, outlines five guiding principles aimed at assisting imaging leaders in establishing point-of-care ultrasound programmes within their institutions.   Point-of-care ultrasound programmes present numerous challenges as they rapidly expand in adoption and applications beyond the traditional realm of diagnostic...Read more

IMAGING Management

Ultrasound-guided-injection-based-therapies-an-effective-alternative-to-opioids-for-chronic-pain

2019 10 Jul

Opioid abuse now claims more lives in North American than car crashes. In 2017, the United States and Canada set new records for opioid-related fatalities, with overdoses killing nearly 4,000 Canadians and an estimated 50,000 Americans . Emergency department visits and hospitalisations involving these drugs also have risen dramatically. Yet...Read more