Cardiac Imaging: Page 230

Echo functionality grows with processing power
By Eric Barnes
Echocardiography, already the most versatile cardiac imaging tool in the box, is poised to get a lot better in the years to come. Many promising applications -- in transducers, miniaturization, and visualization and quantification of cardiac function -- are already developed and operational. More are on the way.
August 30, 2006
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GE, Volcano get 510(k) for integrated DR/US product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano of Rancho Cordova, CA, said that they have received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to integrate products.
August 23, 2006
CT and MRI vie for cardiac imaging roles
By Brian Casey
August 21, 2006
Cook reaches Celect milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook said that a Canadian radiologist has performed the first human implantation of its Celect vena cava filter in North America.
August 21, 2006
MDCT complements MR in heart disease evaluation
By Wayne Forrest
As multidetector-row CT (MDCT) becomes more prevalent in cardiac imaging applications, its primary benefit may be as a complementary modality to MR, providing additional information and patient coverage that MR cannot.
August 21, 2006
CardiArc begins next round of funding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CardiArc has opened its final round of financing to raise $4 million to expand the Lubbock, TX, company's operations and begin manufacturing its nuclear cardiology gamma camera this fall.
August 20, 2006
CT pioneer test-drives 256-slice scanner
By Brian Casey
The upcoming introduction of a 256-slice CT scanner promises to make major contributions to CT instrumentation, according to a Japanese radiologist who is working with a prototype of the system. From 4D cardiac imaging to CT digital subtraction angiography, 256-slice CT may result in a host of new clinical applications.
August 20, 2006
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Novadaq shows Q2 revenue gains, increased losses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies of Toronto, developer of the Spy fluorescence-guided imaging system for cardiac studies, reported a sales uptick for its fiscal 2006 second quarter (end-June 30).
August 7, 2006
Agfa signs Australia cardiac center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received an order for its Heartlab cardiovascular image and information system.
August 7, 2006
Spatiotemporal image correlation, TUI show promise in fetal echocardiography
By Erik L. Ridley
The combination of spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) and tomographic ultrasound imaging (TUI) may help simplify the fetal echocardiography exam, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
August 7, 2006
MDCT, SPECT, and echo agree on LV function
By Eric Barnes
Sure, multidetector-row CT can do arteries, but how about global and regional left ventricular (LV) function? It can indeed assess them accurately, researchers from the Netherlands reported in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
August 6, 2006
Cardiac imaging: The battle for reimbursement
Cardiac imaging is becoming the next big thing in healthcare. But with many payors not currently reimbursing for procedures such as cardiac CT angiography or calcium scoring, providers are wondering who will pay for the exams.
August 3, 2006
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