Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 229

Inflammatory view: Imaging blind to plaque risk

By Eric Barnes

There is no vulnerable plaque, only the vulnerable patient. Besides, most plaque is extraluminal, though just as deadly, and therefore all but invisible to lumen-based imaging methods. As a result, the vulnerability of patients rests more on the likelihood of plaque rupture than on the risk of occlusive vascular disease, according to a recent talk by Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.

December 6, 2006

Agfa gets Singapore Heartlab order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has received a contract from the National Heart Centre (NHC) of Singapore.

December 5, 2006

Cedara, MIA sign distribution deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cedara Software and arterial analysis software firm Medical Imaging Applications (MIA) of Coralville, IA, have signed an exclusive agreement in which Cedara will distribute MIA's vascular software applications to OEMs through its global networks.

November 28, 2006

Spectrum Dynamics receives 510(k) for D-SPECT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Israeli gamma camera developer Spectrum Dynamics of Tirat Hacarmel has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its D-SPECT cardiac system with BroadView imaging technology.

November 26, 2006

CTCA shows cost-effectiveness in the EU

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

CHICAGO - CT coronary angiography (CTCA) demonstrates a cost-effective method in the European Union (EU) for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease compared with traditional diagnostic modalities, according to data presented by German researchers at the 2006 RSNA meeting on Monday.

November 26, 2006

Cardiac CT yields significant extracardiac findings

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Cardiac CT yields a high number of incidental findings, many of them clinically important, according to a study presented Sunday at the 2006 RSNA meeting. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston analyzed 964 CT cardiac imaging studies acquired over a two-year period.

November 25, 2006

Toshiba partners to offer cardiac CT training program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has formed an educational partnership for cardiac CT training with CVCTA Education and San Francisco Advanced Medical Imaging.

November 20, 2006

Cardiac CT evolves on multiple fronts

By Eric Barnes

The march of cardiac CT into clinical practice has been impressive, driven by the rapid growth in the number of detector rows and by the fast, sharp images the modality is capable of producing. Less frequently heard is that cardiac CT is still a work-in-progress with a few technical hurdles left to jump. Dr. Mario Garcia from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation discusses CT's strengths, weaknesses, and future directions in heart imaging.

November 19, 2006

GE updates Vivid i, lands Centricity deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., announced new features for its Vivid i miniaturized portable echocardiography scanner at this week's American Heart Association meeting in Chicago.

November 15, 2006

Spectrum Dynamics

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Israeli gamma camera developer Spectrum Dynamics of Tirat Hacarmel will be at the 2006 RSNA conference in Chicago later this month to demonstrate the capabilities of its D-SPECT nuclear cardiology system.

November 14, 2006

AHA study: Dual-source CT excels in heart

By Brian Casey

November 13, 2006

Siemens, MUSC ink deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston have signed a five-year, $40 million contract.

November 13, 2006

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