Cardiac Imaging: Page 72

Scintigraphy detects amyloid-related heart condition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center are reporting promising results using bone scintigraphy to detect amyloid accumulation in the heart, according to a study published online August 24 in JAMA Cardiology.
August 24, 2016
Imaging provider to use PAs to supervise stress tests
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services firm University Nuclear and Diagnostics will begin using physician assistants (PAs) to supervise cardiac nuclear stress tests, without a doctor present.
August 18, 2016
FDA clears Arineta cardiac CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israel-based imaging equipment manufacturer Arineta said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its SpotLight CT cardiovascular scanner.
August 16, 2016
CS Medical teams up with GE for probe cleaning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound accessories firm CS Medical has signed GE Healthcare as a U.S. distributor for its TD 100 automated transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) ultrasound probe disinfector system.
August 15, 2016
Zebra Medical unveils new CT algorithms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Big-data visualization software developer Zebra Medical Vision announced two new software algorithms that automatically quantify the amount of coronary artery calcium and detect the presence of fatty liver in patients' CT scans.
August 15, 2016
MILabs installs SPECT/CT unit at Yale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer MILabs has installed its U-SPECT4CT system at the Yale Translational Research Imaging Center in New Haven, CT.
August 14, 2016
FDA OKs Boston Scientific's implantable MR device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared interventional and ultrasound technology developer Boston Scientific's Emblem MRI subcutaneous implantable defibrillator system.
August 9, 2016
PET/CT calcium scores reveal chemo's damage to the heart
By Wayne Forrest
By comparing baseline and follow-up coronary calcium scores from PET/CT scans of lymphoma patients after chemotherapy, researchers say they can better follow the cancer treatment's debilitating impact on the heart, and perhaps get a better handle on possible cardiotoxicity.
August 3, 2016
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Myocardial Solutions launches cardiac MRI study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Myocardial Solutions has begun to enroll patients in a clinical study designed to compare cardiac strain encoding stress testing with MRI cine stress testing.
August 2, 2016
HeartFlow completes 1st Canadian installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow has made the first installation of its fractional flow reserve (FFR) software, FFR-CT Analysis, in Canada.
July 25, 2016
Can femoral ultrasound find role in CV risk assessment?
By Erik L. Ridley
By spotting atherosclerotic plaques that aren't also present in the carotid artery, femoral ultrasound can predict the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease in many asymptomatic patients who would be overlooked if they only received carotid ultrasound, according to research from Italy published online in Angiology.
July 25, 2016
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UltraSPECT completes NJ installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has installed its Xpress3.Cardiac software at four sites in New Jersey.
July 14, 2016
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