Search Tag: Liver

2016 21 Mar

MRI experts at the University of Nottingham have won a £1 million grant to conduct research using the body’s natural sodium (salt) content that could lead to greater detail in kidney scans. The research, that will provide a more detailed picture of tissue health and disease, is to be pioneered by the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) team at...Read more

2013 04 Nov

Liver stiffness (kPa) diagnostics now possible with accurate, non-invasive innovative measurement tool, potentially changing medical procedures for millions of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) patients.  SuperSonic Imagine, the pioneering medical imaging corporation that developed ShearWave Elastography, has successfully...Read more

2013 22 Apr

Echosens™ has announced that its FibroScan® device received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 5 April 2013 and is now ready to market its pioneering technology in the United States. Today, 1800 FibroScan® devices are used worldwide both in research and routine clinical practice. The United States of America is...Read more