Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 230

ProSolv, Fuji ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiology information management firm Problem Solving Concepts (ProSolv) and Fujifilm Medical Systems USA have signed a co-marketing agreement.
November 13, 2006
Dual-source CT overcomes artifacts in coronary imaging
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - Dual-source CT (DSCT) is the best option for the detection of coronary artery stenosis and the elimination of artifacts created by a patient's heart rate, according to two studies presented on Monday at the 2006 American Heart Association (AHA) meeting.
November 13, 2006
US study finds pioglitazone slows carotid thickening in type 2 diabetes
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Using high-resolution B-mode ultrasound, researchers found that the drug pioglitazone helped prevent carotid artery wall thickening in patients with type 2 diabetes better than the comparative drug glimepiride. They presented their findings at this week's American Heart Association (AHA) meeting.
November 12, 2006
Mercury Computer Systems
By Brian Casey
Mercury Computer Systems of Chelmsford, MA, will highlight a new release of its Visage CS Thin Client/Server software in its booth at this year's RSNA conference in Chicago.
November 7, 2006
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Boston to bring Liberte to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval to market its Liberte bare-metal coronary stent system.
November 5, 2006
Medicare slashes PET payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new payment rates for hospital outpatient services that include sharp reductions in payments for cardiac and oncology PET studies.
November 5, 2006
Siemens Medical Solutions
By Brian Casey
The Malvern, PA, multimodality vendor will use its RSNA exhibit to tout a range of new computer-aided detection (CAD) applications, from chest to mammography.
November 2, 2006
CT for chest pain cuts hospital admissions
By Eric Barnes
Multidetector-row CT (MDCT) has "tremendous potential" to decrease unnecessary hospital admissions for patients presenting with acute chest pain but nondiagnostic ECG results and normal cardiac enzymes, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.
October 31, 2006
GE Healthcare launches Voluson E8 ultrasound scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has unveiled its new Voluson E8 ultrasound system.
October 24, 2006
Abbott touts stent results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular of Redwood City, CA, is touting early clinical results from a new trial evaluating the safety and performance of a new class of bioabsorbable drug-eluting stents.
October 24, 2006
GE adds to cardiac line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is highlighting a range of new products, including a recently cleared digital angiography systems, at this week's Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting in Washington, DC.
October 23, 2006
Vital Images, Toshiba launch SurePlaque
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Vital Images and Toshiba Medical Systems have introduced SurePlaque, a coronary plaque characterization software package.
October 23, 2006
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