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Treatment of ischemic heart disease has improved considerably the last decades. Not only the treatment itself, but also timing of treatment has been of great importance for this success. Nevertheless, ischemic heart disease is still the leading cause of death in the world.
Cardiac diseases are a major health concern and many of the patients in a general practitionerâs (GPs) office have heart conditions. Hand-held ultrasound device (HUD) can improve the GPâs diagnostic possibilities. We want to evaluate if a training program with focus on practical ultrasound skills can help the GPâs to correctly diagnose certain heart conditions by using HUD. If successful, unnecessary referrals could be avoided and patients in need of specialist care would avoid delay in diagnosis and treatment.
by Yucel Karabiyik, researcher at CIUS Physical examination at the doctorâs office often involves palpation where the physician tries to feel the location, size,…
Ultrasound technology can be used to so much more than just medical images. At the Center for Innovation in Ultrasound (CIUS), we’re working together…
In 2018, Kenneth Kirkeng Andersen held a talk about the possibilities of ultrasound used in target treatment of cancer. He is a doctoral research fellow at the University in Southern Norway, working with the development of ultrasound.
By Marcus Wild Within the maritime industry, ships use SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) systems in order to make maps of the seabed. The…
 By Tormod Njølstad, Innovation Manager in Ultrasound, NTNU. Twenty-nine experts and researchers associated with CIUS participated at IUS, the IEEE International Ultrasound Symposium…
Making good digital ultrasound probes is extremely challenging because of the constrained amount of power that can be used. If significantly more than a couple of watts are consumed, the probe gets too hot to be allowed to touch your skin.
Increased availability of ultrasound devices is great news, but it also triggers a range of new challenges. At CIUS we believe modern machine learning methods, such as deep learning, can provide necessary solutions.
Blogger: Jahn Frederik Grue, medical student. Using an application developed at NTNU, helps physicians detect more patients with reduced heart function when assessing heart…