Insonoart Launches EchoChief.com: New Website Provides In-Depth News and Analysis for Echocardiography

EchoChief.com provides clinicians, researchers, manufacturers, and the news media with in-depth, current information about echocardiography. Edited and researched by experts, EchoChief.com is the only site providing an independent, trusted voice to the entire echo community.

Portland, OR (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- Today Insonoart, Inc. announced the launch of EchoChief.com (http://www.echochief.com), a unique site devoted to serving the echocardiography industry. Timothy Thigpen, Insonoart’s President, said, “EchoChief.com represents the only site exclusively devoted to the entire breadth of clinical applications and the full range of manufacturers serving this increasingly important field. As advances in electronics, material and computer science continue, the contribution that diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular ultrasound makes possible will be more important than ever to maintaining health and quality of life, while reducing health care costs. Since EchoChief.com content is researched, written and edited by recognized experts in echocardiography, our community of users will realize an immediate advantage and gain insights to quickly position their career and organizations for future growth. Others will also find opportunities for communication and collaboration that will improve patient outcomes.

EchoChief.com will give the echo community a fully independent, trustworthy source of news, information and original content. Insights into the latest echocardiography research, growth opportunities and mature applications will be the focus of the new site. Thigpen added: “Echocardiography is dependent upon technological advances and close cooperation between clinicians and industry. There is a clear need for an informative website that recognizes the importance of this relationship and explores the field with an eye towards industry activities and developments as well as medical ones.”

In addition, visitors will also gain knowledge concerning the latest developments in clinical applications, including 3D echocardiography, cardiac resynchronization therapy, contrast echocardiography, intracardiac echocardiography, interventional echocardiography, intraoperative echocardiography, interventional vascular ultrasound, vascular ultrasound, fetal echocardiography, stress echocardiography, and the pre-clinical uses of echocardiography.

EchoChief.com reports on the manufacturers of echocardiography systems, contrast agents and the digital reading systems used around the world. These include Acusphere, Agfa, Aloka, Bracco, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Boston Scientific, Cardiostream, ComPacs, Digisonics, EPMed Systems, Emageon, Esaote, Freeland Systems, Fukudu Denshi, Heartlab,Hitachi, Icardiogram, ImaRx Therapeutics, General Electric, McKesson, OptiMed, Philips, POINT Biomedical, ProSolv, ScImage, Siemens, SonoScape, SonoSite, Terarecon, Terason, TomTec, Toshiba, VisualSonics, Volcano Corporation, W.L.Gore and Associates, Witt Biomedical, Zonare and others.

About Insonoart, Inc
Founded in 2005 by Timothy Thigpen, Insonoart, Inc. develops strategic market analysis tools and innovative services designed to improve the creation and adoption of new applications such as 3D, murine and contrast echocardiography. Insonoart, Inc. works with stakeholders throughout the industry to improve product performance, user interface design, and to validate the use of new technologies in echocardiography.
Thigpen is acknowledged as a highly regarded opinion leader in the echocardiography industry by his peers across the globe; he has worked with clinicians, researchers and ultrasound manufacturers for more than 20 years to improve their performance in markets around the world.
A graduate of Seattle University's School of Science and Engineering with a B.S. in Diagnostic Ultrasound, Tim earned an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He has served on the boards of The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and The American Society of Echocardiography. He is the co-author over a dozen original manuscripts treating various aspects of echocardiography. After working in several clinical and research positions, Tim began his commercial ultrasound career with Acuson in 1988, where he held a variety of management positions in clinical applications, product development and strategic marketing.

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