Nov. 20, 2024 — A re-engineered wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has undergone comprehensive clinical validation on over 100 patients ...

With the use of intraoperative ultrasound guidance, targeted radiofrequency energy ablates the fibroid with coagulative necrosis to shrink the fibroid. Uterine-artery embolization is performed ...

The most common symptom of uterine cancer is abnormal vaginal bleeding. Certain risk factors are linked to uterine cancer. The majority of women diagnosed with uterine cancer are post-menopausal and ...

For example, ultrasounds measuring endometrial thickness are recommended, and patients with a thickness of 4 mm or less are considered low risk for malignancy. However, more research has come out that ...

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging systems for vulva, cervix, endometrium, and sarcomas have been revised for the first time in over a decade. The purpose of ...

Methods used for diagnosing calcifications depend on where the deposits are located. For example, calcium deposits in the breasts are usually detected by a mammogram. In some cases, ultrasound may be ...

Various methods have been used to quantify atherosclerosis, beginning in the mid-1980s with ultrasound measurement of carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), and going on to coronary calcification ...

Oct. 2, 2024 — Researchers say that in the course of developing a new model for ovarian cancer, they've developed additional evidence that serous uterine cancer possibly begins in the fallopian ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Ultrasound technicians, commonly called sonographers or diagnostic medical sonographers, help doctors and other professionals ...