Cardiac Imaging: Page 93

UltraSPECT, AIS partner in nuclear medicine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
UltraSPECT has expanded an agreement with Absolute Imaging Solutions (AIS) to pair reconstruction software with gamma cameras.
September 7, 2014
CAC best predicts heart disease in kidney patients
By Eric Barnes
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) as calculated from CT scans was by far the best predictor of cardiovascular disease in individuals with chronic kidney disease, just as it is in the population at large, concludes a new study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
September 1, 2014
Cardiology group to pay $1.3M in Stark case
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A cardiology group in New York has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1.3 million to settle charges that it compensated physicians based on how many patients they referred for medical imaging scans.
August 28, 2014
Ultralow-dose SPECT provides top image quality, less radiation
By Wayne Forrest
With an eye toward lowering radiation exposure, a group of researchers found that an ultralow-dose high-efficiency SPECT scan for myocardial perfusion imaging can achieve better image quality than standard low-dose SPECT, according to a study published in the September Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 28, 2014
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Acusphere pulls European bid for Imagify contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has voluntarily withdrawn a regulatory application in Europe for its Imagify ultrasound contrast agent for the detection of coronary artery disease.
August 27, 2014
Segmentation technique supports coronary CAD
By Eric Barnes
A new coronary artery segmentation and tracking method is showing promise for supporting computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes that can read coronary CT angiography scans to look for arteries blocked by both soft and calcified plaque, according to research published in Medical Physics.
August 25, 2014
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FDA clears Philips' TAVI package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its planning application for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) treatments.
August 20, 2014
Robot-assisted remote echocardiography shows promise
By Erik L. Ridley
Can an ultrasound scanner be controlled robotically by an operator thousands of miles away? It's not just a dream, according to researchers who demonstrated the feasibility of robot-assisted echocardiography in a pair of articles published recently in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.
August 19, 2014
Circulation: Little radiation risk seen in cardiac scans
By Eric Barnes
A lack of demonstrated harms combined with significant recent dose reductions have led at least one group of cardiovascular imaging specialists to worry less about the risks of a heart scan and more about the well-being of the patient, according to a new review article in Circulation.
August 10, 2014
ASE releases updated guide on contrast media use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released a paper to help clinicians learn more about the use of ultrasound contrast media in medical imaging.
August 6, 2014
SCCT announces Toshiba award recipients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced the recipients of the 2014 Toshiba Young Investigator Award (YIA).
August 4, 2014
CT shows Egyptian heart disease hasn't changed in millennia
By Eric Barnes
CT scans of coronary artery calcium in modern Egyptians revealed that they had patterns of atherosclerosis nearly identical to those of ancient Egyptian mummies -- right down to the affected anatomy, according to a new study in Global Heart.
August 3, 2014
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