Cardiac Imaging: Page 233

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
Calcium CT scoring loss leader drives downstream benefit
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
LAS VEGAS - The implementation of a cardiac CT program can bolster the reputation of a practice, increase its volume and revenue, improve patient and referring physician satisfaction, and enhance interspecialty collaboration, according to a presentation at this week's American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) meeting.
August 2, 2006
Telzuit acquires PDS Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Monitoring firm Telzuit Medical Technologies of Orlando has purchased mobile ultrasound and cardiac imaging services provider PDS Imaging.
August 1, 2006
Cook completes enrollment in STARZ-TX2 trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has completed patient enrollment in the STARZ-TX2 (Study of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Zenith TX2 Thoracic TAA endovascular graft) clinical trial.
July 31, 2006
More research needed to gauge CTA's benefits
By Wayne Forrest
Early indications suggest that CT angiography (CTA) may become a panacea for the detection and diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, but one recently released study shows that trustworthy evidence to that end is lacking.
July 31, 2006
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