Cardiac Imaging: Page 30

AI predicts cardiovascular risk on routine chest CT

By Erik L. Ridley

An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm was able to predict patients' risk for future cardiovascular events by quantifying their coronary artery calcium on routine chest CT exams, according to research published online January 29 in Nature Communications.

February 2, 2021

Canon expands utility of AiCE in MRI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems said that its Advanced intelligent Clear-IQ Engine (AiCE) deep-learning reconstruction technology is now available for a wider range of clinical applications on its Vantage Orian 1.5-tesla MRI scanner.

January 31, 2021

Cigna updates policy on CTA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Starting February 1, Cigna will no longer require preauthorization for CT angiography (CTA) of the heart, coronary arteries, and bypass grafts with contrast material including 3D image postprocessing.

January 28, 2021

NHS England requires use of HeartFlow's FFR-CT software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Health Service (NHS) England and NHS Improvement have mandated that hospitals in England adopt HeartFlow's HeartFlow Analysis fractional flow reserve CT (FFR-CT) software to fight coronary heart disease.

January 26, 2021

Moray Medical secures $3.3M for AR robotics platform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Startup Moray Medical has raised $3.3 million to fund the development of an augmented reality (AR) interventional robotics platform for heart procedures.

January 26, 2021

3D printing may help to uncover secrets of AAOCA

By Erik L. Ridley

3D printing may be able to help in stratifying risk and making surgical decisions for patients with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries (AAOCA), one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac death in children, according to research published online January 21 in Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine.

January 26, 2021

3D T2 maps enhance assessment of myocarditis on MRI

By Erik L. Ridley

A free-breathing, 3D whole-heart T2 MRI mapping sequence can efficiently and reproducibly quantify myocardial T2 times in patients with suspected myocarditis, and potentially even detect more cases of cardiac inflammation than standard 2D T2 maps, according to research published online January 19 in Radiology.

January 24, 2021

FDA clears use of MRI for Impulse Dynamics' Optimizer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for conditional use MRI for patients receiving cardiac contractility modulation therapy using technology from Impulse Dynamics.

January 19, 2021

Image Information Systems adds cardiology measurements

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS firm Image Information Systems said it has incorporated cardiology measurement functionality into its iQ-Web PACS software.

January 18, 2021

Better chest CT CAC reporting avoids unnecessary exams

By Kate Madden Yee

Reporting coronary artery calcium (CAC) on routine chest CT could help clinicians more accurately predict a patient's cardiovascular disease risk and avoid unnecessary additional gated calcium score CT exams, according to a study published in the January-February issue of Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology.

January 12, 2021

Echo helps identify flossing-induced heart disease

By Melissa Busch

In a case report from Texas, echocardiography helped clinicians diagnose a man with a rare case of infective endocarditis thought to be caused by oral bacteria released from vigorous dental flossing. The findings were published in the Cureus Journal of Medical Science.

January 10, 2021

Ultromics' AI software gets thumbs-up from regulators

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared EchoGo Pro, an artificial intelligence (AI) decision support software application from U.K. software developer Ultromics for identifying coronary artery disease on echocardiograms.

January 7, 2021

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