Imaging Economics |  September 2011

"Use of ultrasound at the point of care is growing in sports medicine. In office practice and on the playing field, this versatile technology is now widely used by team physicians in professional sports to provide dynamic real-time evaluation and safe, accurate treatment of players' injuries. Most European soccer clubs, as well as the National Basketball Association, are taking advantage of ultrasound's well-established benefits for improving patient safety and outcomes, at a fraction of the cost of MRI or CT scans." Read the full article by Steven Sampson, DO, on the Imaging Economics site.