Cardiac Imaging: Page 236

MRI characterizes myocardial tissue in all its states
By Shalmali Pal
Three MRI studies have taken a closer look at the myocardium in various conditions -- healthy, infarcted, and fatally injured. British investigators evaluated ranges for longitudinal spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) in healthy myocardium, while German radiologists compared turboFLASH to TrueFISP in myocardial infarction. And Japanese researchers illustrated how postmortem myocardial MRI and CT can guide autopsy, particularly when the cause of death is uncertain.
June 1, 2006
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TomTec debuts 4D RV-Function
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound visualization developer TomTec Imaging Systems has introduced 4D RV-Function, software designed to perform right ventricular analysis using 3D echocardiography datasets.
May 31, 2006
Bracco opens perfusion PET company
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Bracco Group, parent firm of Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, has partnered with Integrated Medical Solutions to form Integrated Cardiac Solutions.
May 31, 2006
Hitachi to launch SceptreC at SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America will be launching its SceptreC cardiac PET scanner at next week's annual Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting in San Diego.
May 31, 2006
Toshiba inks Infinix deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said it has completed the installation of its Infinix DP-i/FD2 cardiac C-arm technology at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way, WA, and Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
May 29, 2006
High osmolarity agent beats gadolinium in cardiac MR
By Eric Barnes
A compact but concentrated dose of high-osmolarity contrast agent produced a better MR contrast profile than gadolinium in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, a U.K. team has reported.
May 29, 2006
Radiologists can win the battle for coronary CTA
Our April 11 story on the difficulties radiologists face in their heart-to-heart imaging competition with cardiologists brought a vigorous rebuttal from a leading academic radiologist. In dueling editorials on cardiac imaging, Dr. David C. Levin calls Dr. Gabriel P. Krestin's views unnecessarily pessimistic, and says radiology has inherent advantages that will ensure it a big piece of the imaging pie. Then Krestin weighs in with a response of his own.
May 28, 2006
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Dr. Gabriel P. Krestin, Ph.D., responds to Dr. David C. Levin's comments to the April 11, 2006, AuntMinnie.com article, "Cardiac imaging dazzles, but radiologists can't compete alone," that references his honorary lecture at the 2006 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.
May 28, 2006
Cordis to establish Silicon Valley research center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, said it plans to open a research and development facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.
May 24, 2006
64-slice CT reliable as first-line test before coronary angiography
By Crystal Phend
In two of the first studies comparing generations of CT systems, 64-slice scanners appear to be the most accurate in detecting coronary vessel obstruction. The studies, presented at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta, found clinically significant differences among 12-, 16-, and 64-slice scanners.
May 24, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
May 23, 2006
Concentrated iodine permits lower volumes in cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac CT can be performed successfully with lower contrast volumes and flow rates when contrast agents are more concentrated, according to a new study. Researchers in Germany reported that 16-slice cardiac CT angiography (CTA) produced equivalent opacification compared to the use of a less-concentrated agent and higher volumes.
May 21, 2006
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