The April 2008 issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (JUM) includes an important special feature, the “AIUM Consensus Report on Potential Bioeffects of Diagnostic Ultrasound,” which addresses issues related to the bioeffects of diagnostic ultrasound and is intended for use in assessing its risks and benefits.

Diagnostic 3D ultrasound of fingers could be used for biometric identification based on matching paired images using internal fingerprint structures that would be difficult to fake, offering the possibility of a unique automated fingerprint identification system, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.