Cardiac Imaging: Page 9

Contrast helps with echocardiography for aortic valve surgery

By Amerigo Allegretto

A contrast agent should be used to improve the Doppler profile on echocardiography and more accurately measure aortic valve areas for surgical aortic valve replacement, suggests a new study in the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia.

February 23, 2023

Us2.ai inks Brigham and Women's contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Us2.ai has secured a contract with Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital's cardiac imaging core library for its automated echocardiography report software.

February 22, 2023

Freestanding MRI makes cardiac stress testing accessible

By Dr. Kevin Steel

For the past 30 years, assessing cardiac health with MRI has been limited to large academic centers -- due to the complexity of the technology and the skill needed to create diagnostic-quality images. This reality has slowed its growth.

February 22, 2023

FDA clears RapidAI's pulmonary embolism software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared RapidAI's Rapid RV/LV, a program that calculates heart metrics associated with pulmonary embolism.

February 21, 2023

Most Medicare patients skip aortic aneurysm screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Most Medicare patients at risk of aortic aneurysm screening via ultrasound do not receive it, according to a report published February 11 in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

February 15, 2023

CCTA-derived radiomics model detects plaque linked to cardiac events

By Amerigo Allegretto

Researchers have developed a radiomics model using coronary CT angiography (CCTA) features that can identify plaques linked to increased risk for future adverse cardiac outcomes.

February 14, 2023

Cardiawave gets 3 patents for ultrasound aortic stenosis treatment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiawave has secured three U.S. patents for its Valvosoft ultrasound device for treatment of aortic stenosis.

February 12, 2023

Dynamic chest x-rays shows promise in patients with heart failure

By Will Morton

Dynamic chest radiography has demonstrated potential as a less-invasive tool than right heart catheterization for assessing hemodynamics in patients with heart failure, according to research published February 4 in the European Journal of Radiology.

February 9, 2023

Carestream teams up with Robarts Research Institute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has formed a collaboration with Robarts Research Institute in Canada in an effort to assess the clinical value of its digital x-ray, digital tomosynthesis, and dual-energy technologies in patients with cardiothoracic and pulmonary diseases.

February 6, 2023

DIA secures FDA clearance for AI ultrasound software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DiA Imaging Analysis has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its LVivo IQS artificial intelligence (AI)-based software for cardiac ultrasound.

February 5, 2023

Nonprofit group highlights success for POCUS training in Haiti

By Amerigo Allegretto

A training program for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) yielded improved performance for physicians in Haiti, according to research from a nonprofit group published February 1 in the Journal of Radiology Nursing.

February 5, 2023

PCCT cuts CCTA contrast by 25%, without impacting image quality

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT (PCCT) reduces the amount of contrast needed for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) by 25% -- without impacting image quality, according to a study published January 26 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

January 29, 2023

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