Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 281

FBP and AW-OSEM square off in 2D/3D cardiac PET

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Filtered back projection (FBP) and attenuation-weighted ordered-subsets expectation maximization (AW-OSEM) protocols have demonstrated efficacy as image reconstruction algorithms for use in 3D whole-body PET oncology imaging. A recent study from the Netherlands assessed the quantitative accuracy of each protocol in both 3D acquisition and iterative reconstruction for cardiac FDG-PET.

July 1, 2004

Witt, Omega team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Witt Biomedical and Omega Medical Imaging have formed a cooperative alliance.

June 30, 2004

Siemens, Platinum Medical partner on C-arms

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a distribution agreement with Platinum Medical for mobile C-arm sales.

June 30, 2004

Siemens signs Johns Hopkins

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed an agreement to provide its KinetDx ultrasound PACS network to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

June 29, 2004

Siemens launches new echo capabilities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, is introducing a new image and patient data management system for entry-level digital echocardiography at this week's American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting in San Diego.

June 28, 2004

Siemens launches cardiac CT unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SAN FRANCISCO - Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has announced a new version of its 64-slice CT platform that's optimized for cardiac, thoracic, and vascular studies. The company debuted the system at this week's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.

June 24, 2004

SonoSite bolsters Titan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Handheld ultrasound technology developer SonoSite has begun shipments of an upgrade that adds cardiology/shared service capabilities to its Titan scanner.

June 23, 2004

Frequency of repairs for cardiac cath labs compared

June 20, 2004

Digirad debuts Cardius-1M

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has debuted Cardius-1M, a mobile, solid-state nuclear gamma camera designed for cardiac imaging applications.

June 17, 2004

Ultrasound screening for AAA must weigh treatment risks

By Erik L. Ridley

While ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is gaining support, there is some concern that wider screening and new surgical repair techniques may actually increase perioperative deaths among patients whose aneurysms were not likely to rupture, according to Dr. Christopher Merritt.

June 17, 2004

MDS Nordion, Molecular Insight link up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radioisotope supplier MDS Nordion and radioisotope imaging developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, MA, will develop radiolabeled beta-methyl-iodophenylpentadecanoic acid.

June 16, 2004

IHE cardiology technical framework open for comment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Efforts to expand the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative to cardiology are nearing fruition. An IHE cardiology technical framework has been released for public comment.

June 16, 2004

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