Cardiac Imaging: Page 135

FDA issues warning on cardiac PET tracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning on a PET tracer used in cardiac imaging due to a problem in which several patients received more radiation than normal.
July 14, 2011
SCCT: Cardiac PET/CTA improves diagnosis and planning
By Eric Barnes
Hybrid PET/CT angiography (CTA) offers a full cardiac assessment in a single exam, compensating for each modality's weaknesses in heart imaging, according to results presented on Friday at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Denver.
July 14, 2011
Digisonics nets Nev. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics said it has won a contract with a Nevada hospital for its DigiView image management and structured reporting system.
July 14, 2011
Stress echo spots heart attack, death risk in HIV cases
By Erik L. Ridley
Stress echocardiography can help identify the risk of heart attack or death in patients with HIV, allowing for risk stratification of individuals into low- and high-risk groups, according to research published online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.
July 13, 2011
MESA results confirm prognostic value of CT calcium scoring
By Eric Barnes
The presence of coronary artery calcium at CT can improve risk assessment in patients with low LDL cholesterol -- even in those considered to be at low risk of cardiac events, according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
July 13, 2011
Rcadia prepares automatic calcium scoring
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer Rcadia Medical Imaging said it has achieved proof-of-concept with software that provides fully automated calcium scoring directly from coronary CT angiography studies.
July 12, 2011
InfraReDx launches phase II trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx has enrolled the first patient in its phase II clinical trial to evaluate image guidance by its LipiScan intravascular ultrasound and near-infrared spectroscopy system.
July 12, 2011
CMS finalizes MRI pacemaker coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized its previously announced proposal to expand Medicare coverage of MRI with implanted pacemakers.
July 10, 2011
Toshiba rolls out MR software upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for version 3.1 of its VirtualExplorer MR workstation software.
July 10, 2011
Survey: Fellows need more training in 3D/4D ultrasound
By Erik L. Ridley
Training in advanced prenatal ultrasound techniques such as 3D/4D and fetal echocardiography is often lacking for maternal-fetal medicine fellows, according to a Stanford University-led research team.
July 10, 2011
Handheld echo scanner performs well in cardiac assessment
By Erik L. Ridley
A handheld ultrasound system used for point-of-care heart studies offers accurate assessment of major heart functions, raising the potential for the systems to be used in place of more expensive traditional echocardiography scanners, according to research published in the July 5 edition of Annals of Internal Medicine.
July 5, 2011
GE teams with Endosense
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and catheter ablation technology developer Endosense have inked a joint development agreement.
July 5, 2011
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