CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultrasound contrast agents show promise for detecting and evaluating uterine disorders and prostate cancers, scientists reported today at the annual Advances in Contrast ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates a complex biological response and leads to the disruption of motor and sensory signals between the brain and the peripheral body at and below the level of damage.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultrasound experts today urged the health care community to work to expand utilization of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) in order to offer patients broader access to ...

Two new clinical trials show that microbubble ultrasound contrast agents safely and effectively improve liver tumor responses to radiotherapy and patient survival, according to results announced today ...

Primary liver cancer is the third cause of cancer death worldwide with 906,000 new cases and 830,000 deaths. Of these, 75-85% of patients are hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), while the remaining 15-25% ...

For nonviral transfection, the naked DNA can be delivered into cells or tissues either by chemical carriers such as liposome and cationic polymers or by physical/mechanical means exemplified by ...

A new contrast agent could allow real-time monitoring of pH changes in the body using an ultrasound scanner (ACS Sens. 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.0c00245). This expansion of the use of ultrasound ...

The recommendation is included in the organization’s “Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes,” published Aug. 30 in the European Heart Journal. “Ultrasound contrast agents ...

A touch of the button is all it takes to improve the resolution of ultrasound images fivefold. This is down to bubbles floating in the bloodstream and a clever algorithm. To the trained eyes of a ...

SonoVue is a second-generation contrast agent that uses sulphur hexafluoride microbubbles for contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging in adults. SonoVue is a low solubility gas contrast agent that allows ...

A systematic review of the effectiveness of contrast-enhanced ultrasound using SonoVue compared with contrast-enhanced CT and contrast-enhanced MRI was undertaken by the external assessment group. The ...