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The Smallest Ultrasonic Probe in the World

Philips today announced the microTEE, the world’s smallest ultrasonic probe for the so-called draft transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), a special procedure for cardiac imaging in neonates. From now on risky procedures can be performed on the heart of a baby having a better visual inspection, since an intervention can now be monitored throughout the whole course [...]

Open Abdominal Surgery by Internal Ultrasound

So far, the patients in whom it came after a severe inflammation of the pancreas to accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity – so-called pseudocysts – had to be frequently operated. However, it is now possible to drain the fluid from the pseudo-cysts in the stomach or small intestine. With the help of a [...]