From the July 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


“Just the possibility that you can get the same kind of resolution with ultrasound without the contrast is something we’re really, really excited about,” Hasegawa says. “Early investigators have validated that excitement.”

Meanwhile, in the cardiology sector, there’s been a lot of attention surrounding quantifying wall motion, or motion of heart muscle, and Hasegawa says that the company is working with some of the leading cancer centers to research the effects of chemotherapy on the heart. Oncologists have long recognized that too much chemotherapy can lead to heart failure, which is asymptomatic.


“Having this system give you a number that is associated with how well the heart is contracting has been shown to be a very good leading indicator,” Hasegawa says. “It’s so practical and so compelling that I think some of these more advance cancer centers are starting to bring it in.”

More MSK advancement?
Last year, Siemens began shipping its ACUSON Freestyle system, an ultrasound system that features wireless transducers. Siemens is the first company to introduce a system with cable-free transducers, and while it has many uses in interventional radiology, as well as critical care, cath lab, or emergency care, it is particularly useful in the musculoskeletal market, Bundy says.

Moreau has been working with a colleague, Dr. Dustin Nabhan, on some areas of exploration for ultrasound. While traditionally the primary application is for imaging soft tissue, they recently published a case study in which they used ultrasound to examine the osteochondral surface. They are also exploring ultrasound for the differential diagnosis of hip and groin pain.

“We hope the things that we do will help the people on Main Street,” Moreau says. Moreau says that in the future he sees technology that will fuse ultrasound images with X-ray.

“The opportunity to couple images to multiply the effect of the information that you’re trying to obtain, I think that that’s right around the corner,” Moreau says.

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DOTmed Registered HCBN July 2014 - Ultrasound Companies

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Bill Ward, Freedom Imaging, CA
Ted Huss, Medical Imaging Resources, CA
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Moshe Alkalay, Hi Tech Int'l Group, FL
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Robert Guyton, Manifest Medical, FL
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Lamar Gale, Gale Medical, LLC, GA
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Heather Sudduth, Ultrasound Imaging Technology, Inc, GA
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John Gladstein, Medical Device Depot, MD
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John Bailey, BMX Medical, Inc., MN
Michael Zanish, Pro Select Services, MN
David Blumenthal, DOTmed.com, Inc., NY
Darlene Benavidez, Better Imaging Solutions, Inc., AZ
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Mohamed El Baz, RC Medical, Inc., CA
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Duc Dang, 2D Imaging, Inc., CA
Robert Harris, Imaging Associates, Inc., NC
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Jonathan Ames, KPI Ultrasound, CA
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Grant Norris, Associated Imaging Services, KS
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Tony Orlando, Complete Medical Services, MI
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Robert Manetta, Nationwide Imaging Services, NJ
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George Hrtshchuk, Advanced Ultrasound Electronics, OK
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Lynne Gillooly, Lillooly Ultrasound, NC
Gary Mansfield, Absolute Imaging Solutions, NC
Brian Kosar, Providian Medical Equipment LLC, OH
Josh Sutton, Focused Medical Equipment, FL
Mike Sweeney, National Ultrasound, GA
Chris Wright, Axess Ultrasound, IN
Mike Feinstein, Samsung, NJ
Rachel Miller, Toshiba America Medical Systems, CA
Christopher McHan, Neusoft Medical Systems USA, Inc., TX
Judy Barton, Supersonic Imagine, WA
Charlie Jahnke, MedPro Imaging, Inc., WI
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April Lebo, Trisonics, PA
Patrick Hardy, Sentinel Imaging, PA
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Elmer J. Rudd, CO
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David Denholtz, Integrity Medical Systems, Inc., FL
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John Pereira, United Medical Technologies, FL
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Oswaldo Gui, Let Medical, FL
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Derrell McCrary, Choice Medical Systems, FL
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Mark Asmer, MedCorp, FL
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Volodymyr Markevych, Vomark Techologies, IL
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Beau White,, Advanced Imaging Healthcare, IN
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Robert Serros, Amber Diagnostics, FL
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International
Lakshmi Narayana, Man Machine Electronics, India
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JALAL ABUELSAUD, DARALFIHA FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, Saudi Arabia
David Perez, PEKMEDICAL, Mexico
Sebastian Tautscher, Lysis - Individual Healthcare Solutions OG, Austria
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Guenther Perhofer, Mides, Austria
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David Lapenat, ANDA Medical, Canada
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Welshen Gao, DODODO Medical Equipment, China
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Mads Vittrup, AGITO Medical, Denmark
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D.R. Reddy, Intrasyss, India
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Niranjan Kumar, India Ultrasound, India
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Karen LaSaga, CCE Medical Equipment, Canada
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