Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 176

Siemens gets U.K. MRI order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.

August 18, 2009

Digisonics takes NY order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has received an order for its DigiView image management and reporting system from Albany Medical Center in New York for echocardiology reports.

August 18, 2009

Philips updates Xcelera for cardiology, ships CT scanner worldwide

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has enhanced its Xcelera multimodality cardiology image management, analysis, and reporting system.

August 18, 2009

Texas-sized heart screening law set for September debut

By Eric Barnes

Is it groundbreaking public policy or a case of the law outpacing the clinical evidence? Either way, the eyes of Texas are following the potential impact of new legislation that will take effect on September 1 requiring insurers to pay for CT and ultrasound scans for atherosclerosis screening.

August 16, 2009

Coronary CTA beats calcium scoring for short-term prognosis

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography (CTA) outperforms calcium scoring for predicting short-term outcomes, say Michigan researchers. Three months after the scans, coronary CTA was head and shoulders above calcium and other risk factors as a prognosticator of major adverse cardiac events.

August 13, 2009

Digisonics nets 2 buys

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won a deal to upgrade its OB-Windows software with two OBLink modules at Unity Health System-Park Ridge in Rochester, NY.

August 12, 2009

ACR schedules cardiac CT test

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has set a date in September for the first exam in its testing program to qualify physicians with the required skills in cardiac CT.

August 11, 2009

CardioDynamics OKs SonoSite deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Shareholders of impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics have voted to approve the San Diego company's sale to compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA.

August 11, 2009

New 3D cardiac MRI tool helps preplan pediatric surgery

By Wayne Forrest

Physicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are using a unique new method for manipulating 3D cardiac MR images to compare how alternative approaches affect blood flow and expected outcomes. They've found that the technique helps them choose the best course of action prior to an operation.

August 11, 2009

GE installs first Discovery SPECT/CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has completed the first installations of its new cadmium zinc telluride-based SPECT/CT nuclear cardiology camera, Discovery NM/CT 570c.

August 10, 2009

AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

August 9, 2009

Some stenoses go undiagnosed with 64-slice CCTA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Anatomic discordance and, in some cases, the reader's failure to accurately quantify intermediate stenosis, results in limited per-segment sensitivity for 64-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CCTA), concludes a new study in the August issue of Radiology.

August 9, 2009

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