MedTech News

New Ultrasound Imaging Technique Helps Doctors See Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity at the Bedside with no Sedation or Radiation

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is the first hospital in the Washington, D.C. region to offer bedside intestinal ultrasound (IUS) to monitor inflammation in IBD patients. To assess chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestines, like Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, patients are traditionally monitored with blood tests, stool studies, MRI or CT scans, and colonoscopies. Those kinds of tests can require bowel preparation, sedation, anesthesia, and radiation.

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AZmed Receives Two New FDA Clearances for Its AI-Powered Chest X-ray Solution

PARIS, March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — AZmed, one of the leading AI companies in medical imaging, today announced that it has received two new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearances for its AI tool AZchest. The clearances include applications intended to assist radiologists in the interpretation and detection of chest X-rays for lung nodules and triage capabilities for pneumothorax and pleural effusion.

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