Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 189

FDA OKs Navistar catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Navistar RMT Thermocool catheter.
March 1, 2009
Prospective coronary CTA performs well in heavy patients
By Eric Barnes
Prospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CTA) performed well when scanning patients who were heavy or had high calcium scores, according to a study that tracked predictors of success with the low-dose technique. On the other hand, image quality dropped significantly when heart rates or heart rate variability was high.
February 26, 2009
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Philips shows results of MPI trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has released the results of a new 3D imaging technology called magnetic particle imaging (MPI).
February 25, 2009
Medipattern teams with Navix
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular ultrasound outsourcing firm Navix Diagnostix will collect data for the development of computer-aided detection firm Medipattern's VasculariQ vascular imaging product.
February 23, 2009
Study: Echo with Definity contrast aids in cardiac diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging says a study from the Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston reinforces the clinical utility and impact of its echocardiography contrast agent Definity in hospitalized and critically ill cardiac patients.
February 23, 2009
FDG-PET aids in detecting atherosclerosis activity
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET imaging can be helpful in determining how atherosclerotic plaque inflammation relates to calcification and vascular risk factors, and the technique also may be used to identify atherosclerotic disease activity, according to a new study.
February 22, 2009
Pie, Rogan-Delft ink agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging and Rogan-Delft have signed a distribution agreement that will integrate Pie's CAAS products into Rogan-Delft's Zillion package.
February 19, 2009
MRI, MDCT err in estimating cardiac functional parameters
By Eric Barnes
MRI and MDCT assessments of left ventricular functional parameters were inaccurate when evaluated on a moving heart phantom with known parameters, according to a study in European Radiology. CT, particularly dual-source CT, did outperform MRI, however.
February 19, 2009
Acusphere amends Imagify NDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has submitted an amendment to its new drug application (NDA) for Imagify.
February 18, 2009
Agfa installs Impax HeartStation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has installed its Impax HeartStation electrocardiogram management system at the National Heart Centre in Singapore.
February 16, 2009
MRI detects bleeding in the heart after a heart attack
By Wayne Forrest
British researchers are using MRI to image hemorrhaging inside the heart to determine how much damage has been caused by a heart attack. Results of the study from the Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre were published online in the journal Radiology.
February 12, 2009
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320-detector-row CT cuts dose in triple rule-out exams
By Eric Barnes
Image quality is high and radiation dose is low when the so-called triple rule-out protocol is used with 320-detector-row CT to scan patients with chest pain, according to researchers from Berlin.
February 11, 2009
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