ultrasound

January 9, 2024

Innovations improve the lives of patients with IBD

Two recent innovations — point-of-care intestinal ultrasound and functional medicine — are improving the lives of patients at the Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.

By Bill Snyder, Carol Poston, and Meredith Carr
An array of ultrasound transducers covering the head focuses an ultrasound beam to a location deep in the brain associated with pain perception (bright spot). (illustration by Thomas Manuel, PhD)
December 20, 2023

Nonaddictive pain relief system nears clinical trials

Researchers in the Vanderbilt are nearing completion of an ingenious undertaking that may be a highpoint of their careers — a non-addictive alternative for relieving chronic pain.

By Bill Snyder
November 29, 2023

Radiology research proves environmentally sustainable cost savings for MRIs and CT scans

A collaboration between Royal Philips and Vanderbilt University Medical Center proves that sustainable initiatives in health care can be both environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

By VUMC News and Communications
 Brenda Swift, president of Vanderbilt Imaging Services, and Charles Watkins, of construction firm Oman-Gibson Associates, unveiled a rendering of Vanderbilt Imaging Services’ future Bellevue location during a groundbreaking event on Aug. 17. The new clinic, located at 8124 Sawyer Brown Road, is slated to open in fall 2024 and will include MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy X-ray, and mammography services.  
August 23, 2023

Bellevue imaging clinic groundbreaking

A rendering of Vanderbilt Imaging Services’ future Bellevue location was revealed during a groundbreaking event on Aug. 17.

By VUMC News and Communications
Researchers developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device for treating chronic pain include, from left, Charles Caskey, PhD, William Grissom, PhD, and Li Min Chen, MD, PhD.
November 7, 2019

Device studied as non-addictive option for chronic pain

Vanderbilt researchers are developing a focused ultrasound neuromodulation device as a non-invasive and non-addictive method for treating chronic pain.

By Kelsey Herbers
A training program for a new tool used by cardiologists and anesthesiologists to help criticall ill patients
May 9, 2019

Line placement better with ultrasound

Using ultrasound to place arterial lines reduces the need for surgical access and improves arterial line location, Vanderbilt researchers have found.

By Paul Govern
November 1, 2018

Fleischer’s ultrasound research contributions lauded

Arthur Fleischer, MD, medical director of Ultrasound and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN), received the Laurence (Larry) A. Mack Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2018 Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) Annual Meeting held in October in San Diego.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 9, 2018

VUIIS Center for Small Animal Imaging open house March 23

The Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science's Center for Small Animal Imaging is having an open house March 23.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 30, 2016

Open-source instructions for focused ultrasound provide cancer research boost

Vanderbilt University’s William Grissom and Charles Caskey are throwing open doors with a do-it-yourself, open-source software and hardware guide to enabling existing imaging machines with focused ultrasound technology.
By VUMC News and Communications
September 19, 2013

Ultrasound Section of Radiology receives AIUM re-accreditation

The Ultrasound Section of Vanderbilt’s Department of Radiology recently received maximum length re-accreditation through the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the largest ultrasound organization in the world.
By VUMC News and Communications