Cardiac Imaging: Page 299

Digirad tallies record Q3 sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solid-state gamma camera developer Digirad recorded revenue of $11 million in the third quarter (end-September 30), up 39% compared to $7.9 million in the third quarter of 2001.
November 6, 2002
GE to launch new e-Speed EBCT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems is launching e-Speed, the first completely new electron beam computed tomography scanner to be developed since the company bought EBCT vendor Imatron in December 2001.
October 29, 2002
Heartlab announces 16 cardiology PACS deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Westerly, RI-based Heartlab has received orders for its enterprise-wide cardiology image management and integrated physician reporting software from 16 customers during the past 90 days.
October 27, 2002
Conferees seek consensus on carotid ultrasound
By Tracie L. Thompson
A consensus conference will be held in San Francisco this week to answer a major question in vascular imaging: What are the most appropriate criteria for diagnosing carotid disease with ultrasound?
October 22, 2002
Along with SPECT, PET and MRI find niche in myocardial assessment
For many nuclear cardiologists, SPECT imaging is the workhorse technology for assessing myocardial viability. But PET and MRI are also making headway in the offices of cardiac imaging specialists.
October 20, 2002
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EBCT proves complementary to SPECT stress tests for gauging coronary artery blockage
In patients with equivocal radionuclide stress test results, electron-beam CT could be the back-up modality of choice for diagnosing obstructive coronary artery disease, particularly because of its prognostic power.
October 20, 2002
Case Review: General and Vascular Ultrasound and Case Review: Gastrointestinal Imaging
General and Vascular Ultrasound is a remarkable and welcome addition to the library of review in sonography. Case commentaries are well written and informative in Gastrointestinal Imaging.
October 16, 2002
Cardiolite helps find early-stage CAD in diabetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The cardiac radiopharmaceutical Cardiolite has shown promise in detecting early-stage coronary artery disease in diabetes patients who don’t have symptoms of the disease, according to clinical results presented at this week’s American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting in Baltimore.
October 2, 2002
Nuclear medicine sheds lights on cardiovascular disease in women
Myocardial perfusion imaging should play a bigger role in evaluating women with known or suspected heart disease, according to Dr. Jennifer Mieres, the director of nuclear cardiology at the North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY. Mieres believes that the burden of heart disease falls disproportionately on women.
October 2, 2002
Magna-Lab, MGH conclude MRI coil study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI developer Magna-Lab of Lynnfield, MA, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have concluded an intravascular MRI catheter coil study on animal subjects.
October 1, 2002
Referring physicians reserve perfusion imaging for sickest patients
BALTIMORE - Coronary artery disease patients with the most serious symptoms are more likely to wind up in the nuclear medicine imaging department, resulting in skewed referral patterns, according to a presentation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting.
September 29, 2002
Wait time reduced with new rest-stress test protocol
BALTIMORE - Imaging specialists performing the standard technetium-99m sestamibi stress protocol may not need to wait three hours between tests to allow for the breakdown of sestamibi, according to a poster presented Thursday at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference.
September 26, 2002
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