Cardiac Imaging: Page 297

Study finds blacks have less coronary calcium than whites

By Eric Barnes

A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology raises important questions about the role of race in the accumulation of coronary artery calcium (CAC), as well as its association to cardiovascular incidents.

February 16, 2003

Siemens debuts cardiac MR software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has debuted new software that it claims will eliminate the need for electrocardiogram (ECG) signal during cardiac MR (CMR) studies.

February 13, 2003

Cardiac MRI outdoes SPECT in spotting microinfarcts

Cardiac MRI has the ability to locate miniscule sites of heart muscle death that go undetected by other imaging techniques, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, and Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.

February 13, 2003

Vital Images releases new Vitrea version

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Vital Images has released version 3.2 of its Vitrea 2 3-D visualization and analysis software for CT and MR image data.

February 4, 2003

CardioNow adds Mercy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac image management firm CardioNow has installed its cardiology image and information management service at Mercy Medical Center in Clinton, IA.

January 28, 2003

CT does just about everything in pre-op AAA evaluation

By Edward Susman

MIAMI BEACH, FL - Interventional radiologists at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy are touting CT angiography (CTA) as a sufficient stand-alone modality for evaluating patients for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) therapy.

January 21, 2003