Cardiac Imaging: Page 198

Fourth-generation MDCT scanners do cardiac differently
By Eric Barnes
Once upon a time, CT scanners were all pretty similar under the hood, and performance in a given application was predictable across brands. Today's state-of-the-art MDCT scanners take widely divergent approaches to difficult imaging targets and produce different results depending on the application.
July 7, 2008
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Report projects growth in cardiac PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The market for cardiac PACS software will grow from $272 million in 2007 to $670 million in 2014, according to a new report by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
July 6, 2008
Global RV function on ECG-gated 64-slice MDCT compares well with MRI
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Cardiac MDCT angiography for assessing coronary artery disease and coronary bypass grafts has enabled right ventricular (RV) function assessment, according to a study in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 3, 2008
64-slice MDCT valuable for assessing coronary artery disease
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) A comparison of 64-slice MDCT with intravascular ultrasound for coronary atherosclerotic plaques determined that 64-slice MDCT successfully identified disease, in particular for segments containing calcified plaques.
July 3, 2008
Abbott gets FDA nod for Xience V
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Abbott Laboratories has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Xience V everolimus-eluting coronary stent system.
July 2, 2008
GE to aid in Olympic health
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is working with medical personnel at the Olympics to advance the use of imaging technologies for athletes and the public in Beijing.
July 1, 2008
Positron licenses UT coronary program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Positron has acquired an exclusive license to a coronary disease reversal and prevention program developed by the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston.
June 30, 2008
FDA to review Acusphere's Imagify
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted its Imagify new drug application for review.
June 30, 2008
Astellas releases Lexiscan stress agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Astellas Pharma U.S. is making Lexiscan (regadenoson) injection available for use as a pharmacologic stress agent in radionuclide myocardial perfusion imaging for patients unable to undergo exercise stress.
June 29, 2008
CARS report: Fuzzy theory yields sharper CTA images
By Eric Barnes
BARCELONA - Coronary CT angiography isn't as easy to perform as it could be, according to Chunliang Wang, who discussed the problem of hidden coronary arteries and introduced a novel segmentation method that might make them easier to examine at the 2008 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 26, 2008
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Siemens nets U.K. install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare's angiography system has been selected by a U.K. lung and heart center, according to the Malvern, PA-based company.
June 24, 2008
Positron teams with Disease Management
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Positron and Disease Management will partner on a coronary artery disease prevention and reversal software program.
June 24, 2008
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