Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 124

GE's cardiac CT platform nets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new cardiac imaging platform, the Discovery CT750 HD Freedom Edition.
July 18, 2012
MRI motion correction improves PET/MR image quality
By Wayne Forrest
MRI-based motion correction in simultaneous PET/MRI exams can significantly improve lesion contrast, signal-to-noise ratio, and image quality, compared with respiratory gating and no motion correction, according to a study published online June 28 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
July 5, 2012
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GE, Cardinal hit with lawsuit over Myoview distribution
By Erik L. Ridley
GE Healthcare and Cardinal Health have been hit with an antitrust suit filed by radiopharmacy PharmaRx Pharmaceuticals, charging that the companies have a monopoly on sales of GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent.
July 4, 2012
Philips debuts new portable ultrasound system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has introduced a new portable ultrasound system, the CX50 xMatrix with Live 3D Transesophageal Echo, which for the first time provides real-time 3D transesophageal visualization of cardiac structure and function on the company's CX50 platform.
July 1, 2012
Lantheus touts Definity safety results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging said that a multicenter study has demonstrated the safety and tolerability of its Definity ultrasound contrast agent in a large and diverse patient population.
July 1, 2012
Infraredx signs Japanese distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer Infraredx has signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Nipro for the distribution of its TVC intravascular imaging system in Japan.
June 26, 2012
4D PET technique accounts for respiratory, cardiac motion
By Erik L. Ridley
A new 4D PET reconstruction method can improve cardiac PET image resolution by compensating for both respiratory and cardiac motion, according to researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Johns Hopkins University.
June 26, 2012
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ISCT: CT angiography predicts need for coronary intervention
By Rebekah Moan
SAN FRANCISCO - Dual-source coronary CT angiography showed high diagnostic accuracy for predicting the need for coronary intervention in what its investigators are calling the largest multicenter trial to date, according to results presented on Wednesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting.
June 20, 2012
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StatVideo debuts tele-EchoBox
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video conferencing developer StatVideo has introduced tele-EchoBox, an echocardiography telemedicine system.
June 20, 2012
ISCT: Many paths, some steep, lead to cardiac CT accreditation
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Cardiac CT credentialing comes from several organizations in the U.S. and in various levels corresponding to different training and proficiency achievements. But doctors can't expect to read with the best unless they're prepared for a lot of training, a CT expert said at the International Society for Computed Tomography (ISCT) meeting.
June 20, 2012
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Digisonics wins Ill. CVIS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics announced it has won a contract with an Illinois health system for its cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
June 12, 2012
Echo screening detects more rheumatic heart disease
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Routing screening with echocardiography can find three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease compared to clinical evaluation, according to a study published in Circulation.
June 11, 2012
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