Many concerns have been raised in the medical community about ultrasound's safety to human beings under observation, particularly when used in prenatal care. Ultrasound waves are energy (heat) waves, ...

Medical equipment often makes for interesting teardown videos: the strict requirements imposed by certification bodies mean you’ll find good quality components and a high standard of design and ...

Ordinarily, medical ultrasound imaging systems are big and bulky enough that they have to be pushed along on wheeled carts. The new Vave probe, however, can be carried in a pocket and paired with a ...

Focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles is increasingly being used to safely and reversibly open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for the treatment of brain tumors and neurodegenerative disorders.

There is no doubt that ultrasounds provide doctors with vital information about the condition of an unborn child. As the images get clearer -- and three dimensional -- more and more women are getting ...

Ultrasonography is an incredibly useful tool in medicine, particularly in emergency departments. It usually takes under a minute for an ultrasonography tool to assess whether a critically injured ...

Garrett Andrews is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Political Science at Portland Community College where he teaches State and Local Government. With five years of experience as a writer ...

Baby's first ultrasound is a joyous moment for expecting parents excited to get a sneak peek of their bundle of joy. They may even go the extra mile to secure a photobook-worthy 3-D or 4-D image at a ...

Researchers in the UK have demonstrated a new kind of ultrasound scan can diagnose prostate cancer with accuracy equal to costly and time-consuming magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The findings offer ...

A research team at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a new noninvasive brain stimulation technique, by showing how focused ultrasound affects the human brain. Using brainwave recordings from ...

After 25 years of essential tremor, Joyce Clifton regained steady hands thanks to focused ultrasound at University of Utah Health. The incisionless treatment restored her ability to write, bake, and ...

What began as a volunteer moment in a medical school ultrasound class turned into a life-changing discovery for Hannah Schultz — reshaping her future career path.