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Ultrasound: The stethoscope of modern imaging

by Diana Bradley, Staff Writer | May 29, 2012
From the May 2012 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


Carticept Medical has partnered with SonoSite to market ultrasound to the orthopedic market to enable real-time diagnosis of musculoskeletal impairments and to improve the reliability of drug delivery to orthopedic patients. The company’s Navigator Delivery System combines ultrasound technology with an automated drug injection system to increase the efficiency, accuracy and safety of administering pain-relieving medications for joint pain.

“Ultrasound has significant growth potential in the musculoskeletal market, because it offers benefits to both patients and health care practitioners,” says Timothy Patrick, president and CEO of Carticept Medical.

Not only is ultrasound helping orthopedic and sports medicine specialists diagnose musculoskeletal injuries like sports injuries, and impairments like arthritis, but it is helping to improve accuracy for pain relieving local injections. Data published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine last January demonstrated that the use of ultrasound imaging improves accuracy rates in joint injections.

Further to this, ultrasound is proving to be a better imaging modality than mammography for patients with dense breasts, says Rahemtulla. Ultrasonix has just introduced an automated breast ultrasound imaging system – SonixEmbrace -- for research applications. This system can image a breast faster than freehand ultrasound and the results are reproducible – that is, the scans don’t vary depending on who is doing the scanning.

“Adoption is unlikely to happen overnight, and without long-term, robust clinical studies underpinning its use,” says Holloway. “But with improving image quality, increasing automation, low cost and a clear safety record, ultrasound has the potential to replace mammography as the future of breast screening.”

Yet, despite its obvious wealth of benefits, many radiologists regard ultrasound as inferior to advanced imaging modalities like MRI and CT, according to Holloway. In March, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine launched Ultrasound First, an initiative designed to call attention to ultrasound’s safety, effectiveness and affordability. It focuses on educating health care workers, medical educators, insurers, and patients on the benefits of ultrasound in medical care.

DOTmed Registered Ultrasound - May 2012 Companies


Names in boldface are Premium Listings.
Domestic
Doug Anderson, DGA Medical,LLC, AZ
Jay Schermer, Apex Imaging Corporation, CA
Ricardo Armenta, Ultra Solutions Inc., CA
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Steven Kelley, United Medical Instruments, CA
DOTmed Certified
Diane Hernandez, Nova Technologies, Inc., CO
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Robert Guyton, Manifest Medical, FL
Grant Norris, Associated Imaging Services, KS
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
John Gladstein, Medical Device Depot, MD
DOTmed Certified
Robert Harris, Imaging Associates Inc., NC
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Alison Fortin, Global Inventory Management LLC, NH
DOTmed Certified
Bill Cowan, Liberty Diagnostic Services, NJ
DOTmed Certified
Lawrence Maroney, Integris Equipment, NY
DOTmed Certified
Leon Gugel, Metropolis International, NY
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Kristin Tyke, MEDRAD, Inc., PA
Keith Rubenstein, MedPro Imaging, Inc., WI
Darren Smith, UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions, NY
Raymond Wtulich, Hitachi Medical Systems America, OH
Katie Heineman, MEDRAD, Inc., PA
Christopher Mchan, Neusoft Medical Systems USA Inc., TX
Mike Sweeney, National Ultrasound, GA
Lisa Wiggs, Absolute Imaging Solutions, NC
Maher Elhihi, Toshiba America Medical Systems, CA
Patrick Hardy, Dietz Healthcare, AZ
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Darlene Benavidez, Better Imaging Solutions, Inc., AZ
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
David Denholtz, Integrity Medical Systems, Inc., FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
John Pereira, United Medical Technologies, FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Mark Asmer, MedCorp, FL
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Lamar Gale, Gale Medical, GA
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Grant Norris, Associated Imaging Services, KS
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Tony Orlando, Complete Medical Services, MI
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Robert Manetta, Nationwide Imaging Services, Inc., NJ
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
George Hryshchuk, Advanced Ultrasound Electronics, OK
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Kenn Matayor, Jaken Medical Inc., CA
DOTmed Certified
Loc Le, All Imaging Systems, CA
DOTmed Certified
Woody Peters, Amber Diagnostics, FL
DOTmed Certified
Monte Montain, Alternative Source Medical, IL
DOTmed Certified
Scott Mattfeld, Authorized Acquisitions LLC, IL
Beau White, Advanced Imaging Healthcare, IN
DOTmed Certified
Colin Grady, GE - Ambassador, IN
DOTmed Certified
Davyn McGuire, MedExchange International, MA
DOTmed Certified
Bob Gaw, PRN, MA
DOTmed Certified
Gary Titov, High Technology, MA
DOTmed Certified
Doug Updike, Priority Medical, TN
DOTmed Certified
Curt Hagg, Vivid Imaging, VA
DOTmed Certified
Mazi Zarrin, Northwest Ultrasound Inc., WA
DOTmed 100
Charlie Jahnke, MedPro Imaging, inc., WI
DOTmed Certified

International
Mads Vittrup, AGITO Medical, Denmark
DOTmed 100
Alex Gagoski, Labteh, Macedonia
FRANCISCO FREIRE, OLYMTOS, Ecuador
xiaohua xu, suomatong medical ltd., China
Welshen Gao, DODODO Medical Equipment Service Co., Ltd., China
DOTmed 100
Niranjan Kumar, India Ultrasound, India
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
kim sung rak, MEDEX, South Korea
DOTmed Certified
PRAMOD MALHOTRA, MEDILINK TECHNOLOGIES, India
Istvan Sesztak, Hun.MED Ltd, Hungary
David Lapenat, ANDA Medical, Inc., Canada
DOTmed Certified
DOTmed 100
Michele Debain, Supersonic Imagine, France
Danielle McCallum, Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, Canada

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