Two successive studies by the Physics for Medicine Paris laboratory (ESPCI Paris-PSL, Inserm, CNRS) highlight advances in non-invasive 3D ultrasound imaging, making it possible to observe blood flow ...

For pregnant women (and their partners), prenatal ultrasounds can be awe-inspiring. It’s undeniably neat to actually see what the baby looks like before he or she emerges, and the resulting pictures ...

Before the advent of ultrasounds in the late 1950s, parents could only hope that their baby would be born healthy and with ten fingers and toes. Today, ultrasounds are standard for every pregnancy, so ...

Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and mentally arrange them into a 3D representation of what the tissue looks like. To make that ...

During her doctoral research, Esther Maas investigated the use of new ultrasound techniques to image dangerous aortic aneurysms for patient-specific care. An aneurysm is a dangerous vascular condition ...

Ultrasounds are one of the highlights of pregnancy—parents-to-be get a fuzzy sneak peek at what their baby looks like after months of wondering. A recent Lenny newsletter pointed out that we’re the ...

A study shows that 3D ultrasound incorporating new matrix technology is reliable, accurate, and faster than previous methods for the assessment of plaque volume in the carotid and femoral arteries. A ...

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 ...

An ultrasound is a painless procedure that uses sound waves to generate images of the inside of your body. Your doctor will often use an ultrasound to create images of a fetus during pregnancy. A ...

Breast health screenings can feel overwhelming, especially when medical terminology and unfamiliar procedures create anxiety about what lies ahead. Understanding breast ultrasounds removes much of ...

When Sarah Carter was pregnant with her first child, she started digging into the research on ultrasounds, scouring studies in mice and rats. She couldn’t find any evidence in humans they cause harm — ...