Cardiac Imaging: Page 56

Bone density scans help identify cardiovascular disease

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bone density scans can help identify cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online February 14 in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

March 12, 2018

Lantheus touts cardiac PET tracer study at ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lantheus Medical Imaging reported encouraging results from a phase II study of LMI 1195, an F-18 tracer for use in cardiac PET to evaluate myocardial presynaptic sympathetic nerve function. The findings were presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Orlando, FL.

March 12, 2018

ACC: PET/CT calcium scans could foretell cardiac events

By Wayne Forrest

By using PET/CT to measure the level of calcium in the coronary arteries during stress tests, clinicians can better predict which patients are at high risk of heart disease, according to a study presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual conference in Orlando, FL.

March 12, 2018

Canon nets FDA OK for new edition of 3T MRI scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canon Medical Systems USA has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Vantage Galan 3T XGO Edition MRI scanner for neuro and cardiac applications.

March 11, 2018

ACC: PET tops SPECT for severe coronary artery disease

By Wayne Forrest

PET is significantly more proficient than SPECT in detecting severe obstructive coronary artery disease, enabling more appropriate use of revascularization treatment, according to a study presented on Saturday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando, FL.

March 11, 2018

Siemens to debut portable cardiovascular US at ACC 2018

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers plans to launch a new portable cardiovascular ultrasound system, Acuson Bonsai, at the upcoming American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando, FL.

March 7, 2018

Konica Minolta debuts Exa Cardio at ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas plans to introduce Exa Cardio at the upcoming American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando, FL.

March 7, 2018

HeartFlow partners with Imperial College London

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow said it has undertaken a collaborative research initiative with Imperial College London involving deep learning and medical imaging.

March 6, 2018

Philips launches IntelliSpace upgrades at HIMSS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips has launched the next generation of its IntelliSpace cardiovascular informatics platform at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas.

March 4, 2018

ASE releases updated guidelines for cardiac US agents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has published updated guidelines for the effective use of cardiac ultrasound enhancing agents in the March issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

March 1, 2018

CCTA usage rate rises sharply, but still eclipsed by MPI

By Abraham Kim

The use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to evaluate chest pain in the emergency department has grown exponentially, but clinicians are still using myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) far more frequently, according to research published online February 15 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

February 22, 2018

HeartFlow secures $240M in financing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow has secured $240 million in financing, which it plans to use for marketing its fractional flow reserve CT software, among other purposes.

February 15, 2018

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