Cardiac Imaging: Page 208

Esaote signs big Chinese contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has won a contract to supply ultrasound scanners to a charity in the People's Republic of China, the company reported.
November 7, 2007
GE adds to cardiac offerings at AHA show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is releasing a number of new systems at this year's annual meeting of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Orlando, FL, including a new Signature Vivid S6 cardiovascular ultrasound scanner.
November 7, 2007
Acusphere releases Imagify study data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ltrasound contrast developer Acusphere has released data from its phase 3 RAMP-1 (real-time assessment of myocardial perfusion) and RAMP-2 clinical trials for the company's Imagify ultrasound contrast agent.
November 5, 2007
AHA news: 64-slice CTA matches cath; MDCT beats MRI; cardiac PACS evolves
By Brian Casey
November 5, 2007
MDCT may trump whole-heart cardiac MR for detecting stenosis
By Jerry Ingram
ORLANDO, FL - In a head-to-head comparison, multidetector-row CT (MDCT) appears to trump whole-heart magnetic resonance (WH-MR) when it comes to detecting coronary artery stenosis, according to researchers from Belgium. They presented their findings at this week's 2007 scientific sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA).
November 5, 2007
Toshiba to sponsor new 64-slice CT study in diabetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has launched a new clinical study designed to assess the utility of 64-slice CT for screening high-risk diabetic patients for coronary artery disease.
November 5, 2007
Report: Radiology, cardiology PACS still worlds apart
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
Radiology and cardiology PACS have traditionally been very different worlds, with the different departments operating independently with often very little integration. That may be beginning to change, however, according to a new report on cardiology PACS by market research firm IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, IL.
November 5, 2007
Ziosoft
By Brian Casey
(Booth 8951) This Redwood City, CA-based developer of advanced visualization software will highlight its Ziostation 3D visualization and analysis software.
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Vital Images
By Brian Casey
(Booth 6520) Advanced visualization developer Vital Images of Minnetonka, MN, will tout the next generation of its enterprise-wide software suite, which includes the company's Vitrea 4.0 and ViTALConnect 4.1 applications.
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Visage Imaging
By Brian Casey
(Booth 2591) Visage was formed earlier this year as a subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems, and the Carlsbad, CA, company will introduce itself to RSNA attendees by demonstrating a new release of its software for analyzing cardiac CT images.
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Viatronix
By Brian Casey
(Booth 3303) Viatronix of Stony Brook, NY, will show enhancements to its flagship V3D-Colon software for virtual colonoscopy studies. The company will also update visitors to its RSNA booth on the status of its project to deliver a V3D module for cardiac imaging.
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64-slice MDCT highly accurate for stenosis detection
By Eric Barnes
A study presented at today's American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Orlando found 64-slice CT to be nearly as accurate as invasive catheter-based angiography for detecting coronary artery stenosis. The researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore recruited 291 men and women 40 years and older with suspected coronary artery disease. CTA depicted 98% of coronary vasculature with diagnostic image quality, they reported.
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