Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 206

Siemens adds to syngo Dynamics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is demonstrating a new version of its syngo Dynamics cardiology image management and reporting system at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference in Chicago.
March 30, 2008
Toshiba nets FDA OK for prospective CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for two new CT clinical applications designed to reduce contrast and radiation dosage and enhance workflow, including a prospective CT scanning protocol.
March 27, 2008
PET shows superiority in detecting coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
PET demonstrates excellent diagnostic capabilities in detecting coronary artery disease, and is superior to perfusion imaging, CT angiography (CTA), and MR angiography (MRA), according to a retrospective review of PET research studies over a 30-year period.
March 27, 2008
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Medrad completes Possis tender offer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad of Indianola, PA, has successfully completed its tender offer for shares of cardiovascular device firm Possis Medical of Minneapolis.
March 26, 2008
TomTec enters cardiac PACS market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TomTec Imaging Systems of Munich, Germany, is planning to enter the market for cardiology PACS software with the launch of a product called CardioArena later this year.
March 26, 2008
ScImage inks deal with Mortara
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor ScImage of Los Altos, CA, has signed a product integration agreement with diagnostic cardiology company Mortara Instrument of Milwaukee.
March 26, 2008
Philips to buy cardiac IT firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, has signed a deal to buy Tomcat Systems, a developer of cardiovascular information systems software based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
March 25, 2008
PLC to enroll patients in CIN study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PLC Systems of Franklin, MA, has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin enrollment in a trial to study its RenalGuard product for preventing contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).
March 20, 2008
FluoroPharma begins MPI tracer trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging agent developer FluoroPharma has begun phase I clinical trials for a myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) tracer for PET imaging, according to its parent company, QuantRx Biomedical of Doylestown, PA.
March 19, 2008
Cardinal Health, GE team for Myoview
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare are collaborating to make GE's Myoview cardiac imaging agent available through Cardinal Health's nuclear pharmacies.
March 18, 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb unit becomes Lantheus Medical Imaging
By Wayne Forrest
There's a new but familiar face on the radiopharmaceutical scene: Lantheus Medical Imaging, the new corporate identity of the company formerly known as Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging. Lantheus today announced its new name and corporate look, operating as a standalone company for the first time since the firm's original inception as New England Nuclear in 1956.
March 17, 2008
CMS makes no change to coronary CTA payments
By Brian Casey
In a victory for advocates of coronary CT angiography (CTA), the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided to make no change to the way it reimburses for coronary CTA exams. With the decision, CT advocates have dodged a bullet that many feared could have killed the promising new field of cardiac imaging with CT.
March 11, 2008
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