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Fuji acquires cardiac PACS firm ProSolv
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has moved into the cardiology market with the acquisition of cardiology PACS vendor Problem Solving Concepts (ProSolv) of Indianapolis.
January 10, 2007
Cath lab studies grow in 2006, report finds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The number of cases in cardiac cath labs across the U.S. increased to an estimated 4.2 million in 2006, a gain of 9% over the 3.85 million reported in 2002, for an average annualized growth rate of 2% per year, according to a report released by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
January 7, 2007
CVCTA: With advancements come challenges
In the past several years, cardiovascular CT angiography (CVCTA) has become the rage throughout the diagnostic imaging industry, with centers racing to offer cutting-edge programs in their marketplaces. Steven Renard of Liberty Pacific Medical Imaging in Encino, CA, discusses how center operators, radiologists, and cardiologists can work together to support, nurture, and drive this explosive growth and anticipated acceptance by both insurers and clinicians.
January 4, 2007
Radiologists should discuss cardiac implant disposal with patients
By Edward Susman
Tens of thousands of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators are placed inside patients on an annual basis by multispecialty teams. The physicians involved in putting in pacemakers and defibrillators -- and that includes the radiologist -- must follow through with a plan for removing them, according to a researcher from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
December 31, 2006
Cardiac CTA adds specificity to calcium scoring
By Brian Casey
December 25, 2006
Cardiology image and information system integration
Taking a page from the playbook of radiology departments, many cardiology practices today are seeking to move information beyond their group and into the information systems of the healthcare enterprise. Jeff Haglund, a consultant for Philips Medical Systems' healthcare information technology division, addresses the issues IT administrators may face in integrating radiology PACS with cardiology PACS, and making this a strong, workable solution.
December 25, 2006
Calcium scoring, CTA combine for better diagnosis of coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
Acute chest pain is the most common symptom among emergency room patients. With quick diagnosis and treatment of these patients paramount, researchers from Germany studied whether a combination of coronary calcium scoring and CT angiography (CTA) could effectively and accurately diagnose patients with coronary artery disease, and reduce the number of nonevaluable examinations.
December 25, 2006
Advanced visualization alone reduces coronary CTA accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists using advanced visualization software to get the best coronary CT angiography (CTA) results might want to take another look. Radiologists in Germany and the U.S. have concluded that reading CTA data using advanced visualization techniques alone can miss many relevant stenoses that would have been found with a glance at the native CT data.
December 21, 2006
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High-field MRI of the brain safely acquired in pacemaker patients
By Eric Barnes
With the increasing number of implanted pacemakers, too many patients who need an MRI can't be scanned with the modality. Or can they? Researchers from the University of Bonn in Germany put scores of pacemakers to the test on a 3-tesla scanner, and found no significant heating or degradation of function.
December 14, 2006
University of Ottawa Heart Institute gets PET grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) was awarded a total of more than $10 million ($8.65 million U.S.) by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to identify and treat the causes of coronary artery disease.
December 13, 2006
CardioDynamics boosts sales force
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego said that it has increased its sales personnel by 25%.
December 11, 2006
256-slice CT shows promise in one-beat, whole-heart imaging
By Wayne Forrest
The patient cohort was small, but results were nonetheless described as "promising" in a study that assessed the feasibility of using a 256-slice CT scanner for the simultaneous assessment of coronary artery and cardiac function in one-beat, whole-heart studies.
December 6, 2006
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