Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 321

Experimental MRI guidewire shows promise for intracoronary exploration
By Shalmali Pal
When teamed with intracoronary high-resolution imaging, a new 0.032-inch MRI guidewire could be useful in such procedures as vascular gene therapy and balloon angioplasty, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore.
June 28, 2001
Positron pushes mPower for more than cardiac PET
By Robert Bruce
At this year’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, PET developer Positron is touting its mPower PET scanner as a versatile platform suited not only for cardiac imaging, but also for clinical PET oncology and neurology.
June 22, 2001
DuPont pharma divestiture could cast ripples in imaging
By Robert Bruce
DuPont's sale of its pharmaceuticals division to Bristol-Myers Squibb could have a wide-ranging impact in the medical imaging industry, especially in nuclear medicine, where DuPont sells the popular Cardiolite radiopharmaceutical.
June 21, 2001
Sonography: The art of images in sound
A successful sonographer needs a steady hand, a keen eye, an analytical mind, and a compassionate heart.
June 21, 2001
Radiologic sciences offers diverse career opportunities
Emerging medical imaging technologies are opening doors to careers where none existed 20 years ago. "If I could have dreamed up this career in the fourth or the fifth grade, this is what I would have wanted to do, but it did not exist then," said Jean Lea Spitz, M.P.H, RDMS, FAIUM,FSDMS, who is chairman of the radiologic technology department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
June 21, 2001
Nuclear medicine is changing the course of the medical world
Innovations in nuclear medicine occur so rapidly that researching and implementing new lifesaving procedures becomes routine for nuclear medicine technologists.
June 21, 2001
Interobserver variability in aortoiliac and femoropopliteal duplex scanning
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) The Journal of Vascular Surgery recently published an article regarding duplex ultrasound of aortoiliac and femoropoliteal arteries. The purpose of the March study was to determine the interobserver variability of aortoiliac and femoropopliteal duplex scanning for patients with peripheral arterial atherosclerosis.
June 20, 2001
Electromed to buy ComView
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital cardiac imaging systems firm Electromed has signed an agreement to acquire cardiology information management firm ComView. Laval, Quebec-based Electromed claims that the purchase will make it the second largest company in the digital cardiac imaging systems market.
June 17, 2001
Parodi catheters gain approvals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ArteriA Medical Science of San Francisco has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Parodi Catheter for Angiography.
June 14, 2001
Magna-Lab gets approval for Cardiac View
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac MRI coil developer Magna-Lab has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Cardiac View surface coil.
June 12, 2001
Optimal triggering is crucial for EBCT of coronary arteries
By Eric Barnes
Electron beam computed tomography has been found to be a reliable method of evaluating coronary luminal stenosis, given adequate image quality. But image quality is precisely the problem, so researchers from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and St. John's Cardiovascular Research Center in Torrance, CA, found ways to optimize it.
June 12, 2001
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Magna-Lab stabilizes loss in fiscal 2001
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac MRI developer Magna-Lab increased its net loss to $1.9 million for its 2001 fiscal year (end-February 28), nearly double the net loss of $1 million reported in fiscal 2000.
May 28, 2001
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