Cardiac Imaging: Page 78

Dr. Herbert Abrams dies

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Longtime radiologist and antinuclear activist Dr. Herbert Leroy Abrams died on January 20 at the age of 95.

January 25, 2016

UltraSPECT reaches installation milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has installed its 450th software package in the U.S.

January 24, 2016

Cardiac perfusion PET/MRI may be more accurate than SPECT

By Wayne Forrest

Perfusion imaging with PET/MRI could offer a "comprehensive myocardial ischemic evaluation" with shorter scan times than SPECT and a lower radiation dose for patients, according to a pilot study from Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

January 24, 2016

Cardboard VR viewer helps docs see infant's heart defects

By Eric Barnes

Florida doctors were able to plan a successful surgical procedure on an infant with severe heart defects, using cardiac CT images visualized with a virtual reality (VR) image viewer made from cardboard.

January 17, 2016

UltraLinq buys cardiac image management firm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions has expanded its position in the cardiac image management space with the acquisition of Cardiostream.

January 7, 2016

Corindus brings CorPath coronary intervention to MGH

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac cath lab technology developer Corindus Vascular Robotics has installed its first CorPath robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention system at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH).

January 4, 2016

Study finds U.S. nuclear cardiology doses are too high

By Eric Barnes

Radiation doses for myocardial perfusion imaging exams in the U.S. are significantly higher than those in the rest of the world. Few U.S. sites adhere to best practices for dose reduction, and the U.S. fee-for-service model also contributes to the disparity, according to articles published online December 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

January 4, 2016

ASE debuts echo guidelines for cardiac embolism

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its first set of guidelines on the use of echocardiography in the evaluation of cardiac sources of embolism. The guidelines appear in the January issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.

January 3, 2016

Biotronik gets FDA nod for MRI-compatible ICD systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biomedical device company Biotronik has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to use its Iperia implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) systems with MRI studies.

December 21, 2015

Medtronic brings MRI-compatible ICD to Canada

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Medtronic Canada has received a Health Canada license for its Evera MRI SureScan implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system.

December 20, 2015

Medstreaming lands Mass., RI deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT vendor Medstreaming installed its cardiovascular information system at the Southcoast Health healthcare system in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

December 14, 2015

PET/MRI shows value for cardiac sarcoidosis

By Wayne Forrest

Simultaneous cardiac PET/MRI is better than PET/CT for detecting cardiac sarcoidosis, offering diagnostic image quality and less radiation dose, according to a study presented at RSNA 2015.

December 13, 2015

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