Europe
Clinical News
Informatics
Industry News
Practice Management
Education
Subspecialties
More
Sign In
Breast Imaging
CV
Chest
Emergency
GI
GU
Head & Neck
Interventional
Physics
MSK
Neuro
Nuclear
Pediatric
Radiation Oncology
Cardiac Imaging: Page 137
GE touts Optison safety study
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said that new safety data on its Optison ultrasound contrast agent were presented at this week's American Society of Echocardiography scientific sessions in Montreal.
June 12, 2011
Study finds gender bias in nuclear stress tests
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A group of cardiologists in Rhode Island say a possible gender disparity may exist in how patients are referred for nuclear stress tests, according to the study published online June 8 by the
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
.
June 9, 2011
Acusphere reaches deal with FDA
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has signed a special protocol assessment agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the design of a new phase III study of its Imagify agent.
June 7, 2011
SCCT standardizes cardiac CT terms
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
"Multidetector-row CT" is in, but "multislice CT" is out, say new guidelines issued by the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) in the
Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
.
June 6, 2011
Novarad launches NovaCardio at SIIM
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor Novarad has launched its NovaCardio cardiac PACS software at this week's Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Washington, DC.
June 1, 2011
Utility of coronary CTA doubtful in low-risk patients
By
Eric Barnes
Low-risk patients who tested positive at coronary CT angiography (CTA) ended up getting more prescriptions for cholesterol-lowering drugs and aspirin, signs of good preventive care. But they also got more stress tests, nuclear medicine scans, and cardiac cath procedures, than a control group, researchers found in a May 23 study in the
Archives of Internal Medicine
.
May 23, 2011
MRI-compatible treadmill images heart defects at stress MRI
By
Wayne Forrest
Researchers at Ohio State University are achieving promising results with a specially designed treadmill for use in cardiac MR imaging to show exercise-induced cardiac wall-motion abnormalities.
May 19, 2011
MRI treadmill protype system
A volunteer exercised on the treadmill before being placed on cushions that molded to her body during at-rest MR imaging. The test was conducted on a prototype system developed by Ohio State University.
May 18, 2011
Siemens teams with pharmacy college
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is helping the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences launch its bachelor of science and postbaccalaureate sonography programs in both general diagnostic medical sonography and cardiovascular medical sonography.
May 17, 2011
Calcium scoring technique skips separate CT scan
By
Eric Barnes
Australian researchers have combined coronary CT angiography and coronary artery calcium scoring in a single scan, saving time and reducing CT radiation dose by at least one-third.
May 17, 2011
Lantheus touts flurpiridaz F-18 results
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging is touting positive results from a phase II clinical trial of its PET radiopharmaceutical for use in detecting coronary artery disease.
May 16, 2011
FDA committee meeting may offer hope for US contrast
By
Erik L. Ridley
Is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration preparing to remove its black box warning for ultrasound contrast agents? That's what proponents of the technology are hoping after an advisory committee meeting earlier this month on ultrasound contrast safety.
May 12, 2011
Previous Page
Page 137 of 322
Next Page