Cardiac Imaging: Page 25

AI predicts heart disease risk in DEXA images

By Will Morton

A deep-learning algorithm designed to read dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) images may also help to predict cardiovascular disease, according to a pilot study published online April 6 in Bone.

April 11, 2021

More Medicare patients to be covered for Heartflow Analysis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Patients with coronary artery disease in 38 states will soon have Medicare coverage for HeartFlow's HeartFlow Analysis fractional flow reserve CT software.

April 6, 2021

Imbio signs Heart&Lung Health in U.K.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence software developer Imbio has signed a deal with U.K. cardiothoracic radiology services provider Heart&Lung Health.

April 5, 2021

Could cardiac MRI screen for heart disease?

By Kate Madden Yee

Cardiac MRI shows promise as an effective, noninvasive way to screen for heart disease, according to a study published April 1 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

April 1, 2021

Keto diet improves PET/CT of cardiac sarcoidosis

By Will Morton

Having patients with cardiac sarcoidosis follow a ketogenic diet for three days before their PET/CT scans can improve image quality by suppressing signal from normal myocardial activity, according to a March 26 study in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 31, 2021

GE adds new compact POCUS system, AI software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has broadened its Venue point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) product line with a new compact system, as well as new artificial intelligence (AI) applications for its existing Venue and Venue Go units.

March 29, 2021

Thoracic radiologists give top tips for CT evaluation of lung parenchyma

By Frances Rylands-Monk

What do the specialists say when it comes to the notoriously tricky area of CT evaluation of lung parenchyma? ECR 2021 registrants received sound, practical advice from expert speakers at a special focus session.

March 29, 2021

Fetal cardiovascular MRI helps diagnose congenital heart defects

By Kate Madden Yee

Fetal cardiovascular MRI provides clinically useful information about congenital heart defects when echocardiography results are inconclusive, changing treatment/management plans in more than 80% of cases, according to a March 29 study in JAMA Network Open.

March 29, 2021

Bracco inks cardiac PET imaging partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bracco Diagnostics has entered into a partnership with CardioNavix in an effort to increase access to cardiac PET imaging.

March 28, 2021

Elucid touts CTA phenotyping study for atherosclerosis

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence firm Elucid is highlighting a new study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology on the use of its software to provide phenotyping of atherosclerosis on CT angiography (CTA) exams.

March 21, 2021

Mich. cardiologist pays $2M to settle billing case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Michigan cardiologist and his practice paid the U.S. government $2 million to resolve allegations they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly billing federal healthcare programs for diagnostic testing that was either unnecessary or not performed.

March 18, 2021

Ultrasound spots cardiac arrhythmic sites better than ECG

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound can more accurately map arrhythmic sites in the heart for improved success of ablation procedures than the more commonly used electrocardiogram (ECG), researchers found.

March 18, 2021

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