Cardiac Imaging: Page 156

MarketStat #58: Administration of echocardiography labs
Just under one-third (30%) of the echo labs are administered by the cardiology department or cath lab, and 30% identify themselves as an echocardiography or cardiac ultrasound department, 13% as cardiopulmonary, 14% as cardiovascular, 7% as part of radiology, and 3% as general ultrasound.
June 30, 2010
2010 06 30 12 31 46 677 Marketstat 58b
CMS to review MRI pacemaker policy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to review its policy of not paying for MRI scans performed as part of research studies of patients with pacemakers.
June 29, 2010
Cardiac MRI can help cut costs in the ER
By Wayne Forrest
The use of cardiac MRI in an emergency department for intermediate- and high-risk patients with chest pain can cut costs and, in some cases, allow patients to return home the same day, according to a study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
June 28, 2010
Cell>Point submits IND for heart agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cell>Point has submitted an investigational new drug (IND) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a radiopharmaceutical for imaging coronary artery disease.
June 22, 2010
Digisonics receives 2 orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has received an order for its DigiView image management and structured reporting software from Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.
June 21, 2010
Speedy Web tool guides echocardiography appropriateness
By Eric Barnes
A new Web-based application takes less than a minute to tell physicians if the transthoracic echocardiography test they're pondering is appropriate for the patient. A feasibility study presented at the recent American Society of Echocardiography meeting showed that it can potentially save doctors and patients a lot of time, money, and heartache.
June 20, 2010
2010 06 18 12 52 40 30 Ward screenshot
CIHI: Isotope shortage reduced nuke exams
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has reported that the medical isotope shortage resulted in a 22% decline in nuclear medicine exams for cardiac, bone, and lung diagnostic tests on Canadian patients in October 2009 compared to October 2008.
June 17, 2010
Lantheus touts Definity safety data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging said that new data from a phase IV safety study of its Definity echocardiography contrast agent have added further validation to the agent's safety profile.
June 15, 2010
Bracco reports cardiac PET growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics said that the number of customers using its CardioGen-82 cardiac PET myocardial perfusion imaging tracer has increased by 46% in comparison with June of 2009.
June 15, 2010
Siemens upgrades Acuson SC2000
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has released an upgraded version of its Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system this week at the annual American Society of Echocardiography scientific sessions in San Diego.
June 14, 2010
Lantheus' F-18 PET agent shows good dosing ratio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Preliminary phase II data suggest the uptake properties of Lantheus Medical Imaging's investigational PET agent flurpiridaz F-18 injection allow for a relatively low dosing ratio and a delay of 30 to 60 minutes between rest and stress injections, depending on the mode of stress used.
June 10, 2010
F-18 NaF PET/CT can help with atherosclerotic plaque detection
By Wayne Forrest
German researchers have found that F-18 sodium fluoride (F-18 NaF) PET/CT may provide "relevant information about the morphologic and functional properties of calcified plaque," according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
June 10, 2010
2010 06 10 14 47 29 370 Ct Pet Images Thumb
Previous Page
Page 156 of 325
Next Page