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Cardiology image and information system integration
Taking a page from the playbook of radiology departments, many cardiology practices today are seeking to move information beyond their group and into the information systems of the healthcare enterprise. Jeff Haglund, a consultant for Philips Medical Systems' healthcare information technology division, addresses the issues IT administrators may face in integrating radiology PACS with cardiology PACS, and making this a strong, workable solution.
December 25, 2006
Calcium scoring, CTA combine for better diagnosis of coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
Acute chest pain is the most common symptom among emergency room patients. With quick diagnosis and treatment of these patients paramount, researchers from Germany studied whether a combination of coronary calcium scoring and CT angiography (CTA) could effectively and accurately diagnose patients with coronary artery disease, and reduce the number of nonevaluable examinations.
December 25, 2006
Advanced visualization alone reduces coronary CTA accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists using advanced visualization software to get the best coronary CT angiography (CTA) results might want to take another look. Radiologists in Germany and the U.S. have concluded that reading CTA data using advanced visualization techniques alone can miss many relevant stenoses that would have been found with a glance at the native CT data.
December 21, 2006
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High-field MRI of the brain safely acquired in pacemaker patients
By Eric Barnes
With the increasing number of implanted pacemakers, too many patients who need an MRI can't be scanned with the modality. Or can they? Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany put scores of pacemakers to the test on a 3-tesla scanner, and found no significant heating or degradation of function.
December 14, 2006
University of Ottawa Heart Institute gets PET grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) was awarded a total of more than $10 million ($8.65 million U.S.) by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to identify and treat the causes of coronary artery disease.
December 13, 2006
CardioDynamics boosts sales force
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego said that it has increased its sales personnel by 25%.
December 11, 2006
256-slice CT shows promise in one-beat, whole-heart imaging
By Wayne Forrest
The patient cohort was small, but results were nonetheless described as "promising" in a study that assessed the feasibility of using a 256-slice CT scanner for the simultaneous assessment of coronary artery and cardiac function in one-beat, whole-heart studies.
December 6, 2006
Inflammatory view: Imaging blind to plaque risk
By Eric Barnes
There is no vulnerable plaque, only the vulnerable patient. Besides, most plaque is extraluminal, though just as deadly, and therefore all but invisible to lumen-based imaging methods. As a result, the vulnerability of patients rests more on the likelihood of plaque rupture than on the risk of occlusive vascular disease, according to a recent talk by Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.
December 6, 2006
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Agfa gets Singapore Heartlab order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received a contract from the National Heart Centre (NHC) of Singapore.
December 5, 2006
Cedara, MIA sign distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cedara Software and arterial analysis software firm Medical Imaging Applications (MIA) of Coralville, IA, have signed an exclusive agreement in which Cedara will distribute MIA's vascular software applications to OEMs through its global networks.
November 28, 2006
Spectrum Dynamics receives 510(k) for D-SPECT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli gamma camera developer Spectrum Dynamics of Tirat Hacarmel has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its D-SPECT cardiac system with BroadView imaging technology.
November 26, 2006
CTCA shows cost-effectiveness in the EU
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - CT coronary angiography (CTCA) demonstrates a cost-effective method in the European Union (EU) for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease compared with traditional diagnostic modalities, according to data presented by German researchers at the 2006 RSNA meeting on Monday.
November 26, 2006
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