Cardiac Imaging: Page 227

Instrumentation, attenuation correction steer nuclear cardiology's future
By Eric Barnes
Nuclear cardiology modalities are seeing a resurgence of late, which is not to say the most widespread heart-imaging modalities were in decline. Still, recent technical improvements on multiple fronts, from detector technology to hybrid modalities like SPECT/CT and PET/CT, seem to have sharpened the modalities' future prospects as they have sharpened the images themselves.
October 22, 2006
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GE makes Innova IVUS install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano of Rancho Cordova, CA, said they have completed the first commercial installation of an Innova IVUS system.
October 18, 2006
InfraReDx receives FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued 510(k) clearance for the company to market its near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic system for examining coronary arteries.
October 18, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
October 18, 2006
Time-resolved MRA effective for congenital heart defects
By Eric Barnes
Improved imaging and therapeutic options have resulted in more congenital heart problems being diagnosed than in the past. Researchers in Germany believe they have found an easy, reliable way to deliver functional information in adult patients with complex congenital heart disease -- MRI.
October 17, 2006
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CompuMed lands remote ECG screening contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm CompuMed has signed a new three-year statewide contract in conjunction with Wexford Health Sources to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) remote interpretation systems and services for the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
October 16, 2006
Boston nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received the European CE Mark for its Promus everolimus-eluting coronary stent system.
October 15, 2006
Vasomedical releases wireless EECP data system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional cardiology developer Vasomedical of Westbury, NY, has introduced a wireless communication module for its enhanced external counterpulsation (EECP) device.
October 11, 2006
Cordis taps Kandzari as CMO
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has named Dr. David Kandzari as its chief medical officer (CMO).
October 11, 2006
Boston Scientific taps Japp
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has named Chris Japp as vice president and general manager of its cardiovascular imaging business.
October 10, 2006
Top cardiac imaging choices to change
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echocardiography, SPECT, and cardiac cath are the top three imaging modalities currently used by cardiologists for diagnosing key cardiac conditions, but that lineup may change over the next three years, according to a report recently issued by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
October 9, 2006
How to win the coronary CTA turf war
Conventional cardiac imaging by echocardiography, SPECT stress tests, and catheter angiography has almost universally slipped away to cardiologists. But coronary CT angiography (CTA) is changing the battleground, and radiologists have recognized the tremendous opportunity in regaining turf in cardiac imaging. Dr. David Dowe, a radiologist with Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ, discusses three critical elements for success in coronary CTA.
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