Cardiac Imaging: Page 130

St. Jude gets FDA nod for OCT/FFR unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Ilumien integrated optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) system.
October 25, 2011
Agfa to team with Schiller America
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare is partnering with Schiller America to develop technology to manage electrocardiogram images to enhance workflow and productivity.
October 24, 2011
Medis releases 2 new products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Quantitative imaging software developer Medis Medical Imaging Systems has released its new QMass MR 7.4 and QFlow 5.4 enterprise products.
October 20, 2011
Biodex to debut 2 new tables
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging table and accessory supplier Biodex Medical Systems plans to introduce two new vascular imaging tables at this year's annual RSNA meeting in Chicago.
October 20, 2011
ScImage, Philips grow ECG/PACS integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor ScImage and Philips Healthcare have developed an integration option between ScImage's PicomEnterprise PACS software and Philips' PageWriter TC series of cardiographs.
October 20, 2011
Report shows nuclear medicine procedure volume slipping
By Lin Muschlitz
The economic downturn, concerns over insurance preauthorization requirements, and the potential shift of exams to other imaging modalities have stalled procedure growth in the nuclear medicine/SPECT market in the U.S., according to a new report by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division.
October 19, 2011
Bracco may restart CardioGen sales in 2012
By Wayne Forrest
In an October 17 letter to its customers, contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics said that it may be able to resume production of its CardioGen-82 (rubidium-82 chloride injection) PET tracer in the first or second quarter of 2012.
October 18, 2011
InfraReDx touts LipiScan data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx said that its LipiScan imaging system can rapidly and accurately detect extensive lipid core plaques that are linked to an increased risk of heart attack during or following percutaneous coronary intervention, according to recent research.
October 17, 2011
FDA clears study for device to prevent CIN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PLC Medical Systems has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin its U.S. trial on the efficacy of the company's RenalGuard to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).
October 16, 2011
MRI shows cholesterol drug benefits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI can help assess how well cholesterol drugs are working to reduce cholesterol in artery-clogging plaque, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle.
October 16, 2011
Handheld US, iPhone app bridge care gap in remote areas
By Erik L. Ridley
Villagers in a remote area of Honduras received access to first-rate echocardiography thanks to a project that married a handheld ultrasound scanner with an iPhone-based image interpretation app. The project could be a model for delivering high-quality imaging to other underserved areas.
October 12, 2011
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320-row scanner cuts contrast dose in coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
Contrast media dose can be reduced in coronary CT angiography (CCTA) scans acquired with a 320-detector-row scanner without significantly affecting image quality, according to a study in the October edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
October 9, 2011
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