Dear Ultrasound Insider,
This month we're featuring research from the 2003 congress of the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB) and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), held in Montreal.
In our Ultrasound Insider exclusive, researchers from Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle found diffractive ultrasound (DUS) and mammography to be superior to conventional sonography and mammography for identifying solid breast masses.
However, the technique, which combines two ultrasound beams to form a 3-D holographic pattern of the breast, was found to be inferior for detecting cystic lesions. As an Ultrasound Insider subscriber, you have access to this story before it's published for the rest of our AuntMinnie members.
While you're visiting the Ultrasound Digital Community, be sure to check out our other stories from the meeting. In one article, researchers from Tel Aviv University School of Medicine concluded that early fetal cardiac scanning should be routinely performed in order to catch cardiac abnormalities in time.
Another story from the congress discusses the role of ultrasound in routine clinical examinations, while a presentation on focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) highlights how the imaging study is changing emergency room procedures in major trauma centers across the U.S. For that article, click here.
Finally, an infertility specialist from the McGill Reproductive Center at McGill University in Montreal briefed congress attendees on the importance of ultrasound in work-up of polycystic ovarian infertility. Click here for the details.
Do you have an idea for a topic you'd like to see covered in the Ultrasound Digital Community, or an article you'd like to submit? As always, please feel free to drop me a line.
