Cardiac Imaging: Page 132

Monochromatic images erase beam-hardening artifacts
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSC16-05 | Room S403BSynthesized monochromatic imaging with fast kV switching at 40 keV to 70 keV may boost the magnitude and uniformity of aortic enhancement for a wide range of body sizes, say researchers at Duke University.
November 9, 2011
Perfusion quantified in normal, infarcted myocardium
By Eric Barnes
Monday, November 28 | 10:50 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | SSC01-03 | Room S502ABA new CT study from the Medical University of South Carolina found significant differences in myocardial perfusion parameters for ischemic and infarcted myocardium compared with normal myocardium.
November 9, 2011
CCTA outpaces calcium scoring in acute chest pain
By Eric Barnes
Sunday, November 27 | 10:45 a.m.-10: 55 a.m. | SSA02-01 | Room S502ABThere is little value in coronary artery calcium scoring by itself in patients presenting with acute chest pain. In a head-to-head comparison, it's clear that only coronary CTA (CCTA) can replace angiography in diagnosing these patients, according to researchers from Italy.
November 9, 2011
Physicians with financial ties order more cardiac stress tests
By Eric Barnes
Physicians who stand to gain financially from nuclear stress tests or stress echo exams ordered more of the imaging studies for their patients as a follow-up to cardiac interventional procedures, concludes a new study published November 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
November 8, 2011
Toshiba debuts larger monitor for Infinix-i
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems will show a new 56-inch LCD monitor for the Infinix-i line of vascular and cardiovascular x-ray systems this week at the annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in San Francisco.
November 7, 2011
Lantheus revises label for Definity US contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging announced it has made changes to the U.S. product label for its Definity ultrasound contrast agent.
October 26, 2011
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
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