Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 190

Hybrid 3D echo/SPECT technique produces better CAD imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Take one part 3D echocardiography and one part SPECT, acquired during the same imaging session. Combine the two with an automated image fusion algorithm, and what do you get? A way to image patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) that improves upon the performance of 3D echo or SPECT alone.
February 11, 2009
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CardioDynamics nets increased Q4 sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics posted revenue increases for its fourth quarter 2008.
February 5, 2009
Boston Scientific submits Taxus PMA data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the final modules of its premarket approval (PMA) applications for its Taxus Liberté Atom paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system and its Taxus Liberté Long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
February 4, 2009
Emageon readies ACC introductions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Emageon will showcase several new product enhancements at next month's American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Orlando.
February 3, 2009
JAMA study finds wide variation in cardiac CTA dose
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) providers are failing to protect their patients from high radiation dose -- with dose levels varying widely between facilities, according to a new multinational study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
February 2, 2009
AHA science advisory warns about cardiac imaging dose
By Eric Barnes
An American Heart Association (AHA) report in the current issue of Circulation offers new recommendations for cardiac imaging that uses ionizing radiation, including coronary CT angiography (CTA). The new science advisory states that coronary CTA use should be restricted due to uncertainty regarding the health effects of the radiation delivered by the exam.
February 2, 2009
Medtronic completes stent safety study enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has finalized patient enrollment in its PROTECT stent safety study.
February 1, 2009
Diagnosoft adds chief executive, financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software firm Diagnosoft has appointed Firas BenAchour as its new president and CEO.
January 29, 2009
GE, Medipattern to build ultrasound tools
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and computer-aided detection firm Medipattern will collaborate on the development of ultrasound-based vascular imaging quantification tools.
January 28, 2009
CompuMed aids in pediatric screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CompuMed is partnering with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in a newly created pediatric screening program.
January 28, 2009
Boston Scientific to bring Taxus Liberté to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received clearance from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare to market its Taxus Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
January 28, 2009
Neusoft Positron files 510(k) for Attrius
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Positron joint venture Neusoft Positron Medical Systems in Shenyang, China, has submitted a 510(k) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Attrius cardiac PET scanner product line.
January 28, 2009
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