Experts are optimistic that non-invasive ultrasound therapy could soon become a standard treatment for some liver tumors. Dr.

Halifax-based medtech startup Sound Blade has secured $16.5 million USD ($23.8 million CAD) in Series A funding to develop its handheld device for eliminating liver tumours non-invasively.

Transverse image of the liver shows a heterogeneous echotexture with diffusely increased echogenicity. This patient proved to have diffuse metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Ultrasound of the liver ...

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Faye Coite and Beth Featherstone said the liver checks could be "a life saver" The health check involves a Fibroscan which uses ultrasound to detect ...