Emerging Technology: Enhanced B-mode Tissue Characterization

Characterization of Focal Liver Lesions Indistinctive on B Mode Ultrasound: Benefits of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Aim. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the additional value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in identifying and characterizing of focal liver lesions (FLLs) that are indistinctive on B mode ultrasound (BMUS). Methods. The study focused on 70 consecutive patients (male 46, female 24; mean age, 53.1 years ± 10). All lesions were detected by MRI but could not be clearly visua...

Characterization and Metrology Challenges for Emerging Memory Technology Landscape

Emerging Technology

TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY (TEE) is a widely used imaging technique for perioperative evaluation of cardiac function and intrathoracic vascular structures.1 Imaging of the thoracic aorta is part of the standard intraoperative TEE examination as recommended by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.2 Most of the thoracic aorta can routinely be imaged with multiplane TEE because it...

Ethics of Emerging Technology

This chapter surveys ethical approaches to emerging technology. In recent years, emerging technologies have become a major topic of study in the ethics of technology, which has increasingly focused its attention on early-stage intervention in technology development. A number of specific approaches and methods have now been developed for the field, which in many ways is still in its infancy. The...

Emerging Technology List

4D ultrasound is used for imaging various parts of the body such as the breast, prostate and abdomen, and in particular for pediatric imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, needle placement in biopsy and in cardiology for the diagnosis of heart disease (echocardiography). Most of the recent media attention on 4D ultrasound has focused on its use in prenatal diagnosis, and this application is the s...