Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 69

Right heart quantification awareness: Part 2

By Andrea Fields

The right heart has jokingly been referred to as the organ's stepchild, with little attention paid to its size, function, and prognostic implications. To help with this often overlooked task, this series from CardioServ will review the proper methods to quantify the right heart for both size and function.

July 18, 2017

Philips to acquire imaging software firm TomTec

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips has signed an agreement to acquire German imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems.

July 17, 2017

New CT technique identifies blood vessel plaque

By Kate Madden Yee

A new CT technique can measure blood vessel inflammation, allowing doctors to identify and treat patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a U.K. study published online 12 July in Science Translational Medicine.

July 12, 2017

3D ultrasound quantifies subclinical atherosclerosis

By Erik L. Ridley

While detecting subclinical atherosclerosis is useful, quantifying the plaque burden is even more valuable. A 3D vascular ultrasound method can reliably perform this task and help to estimate cardiovascular risk, according to research published in the July 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

July 10, 2017

GE, HeartFlow sign collaboration agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow have signed a global collaboration agreement to boost the clinical availability of HeartFlow FFR-CT, a technology that helps clinicians diagnose and treat patients with coronary artery disease.

July 5, 2017

Mount Sinai Heart launches BioImage-2 study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mount Sinai Heart in New York City has launched BioImage-2, a large research study that will investigate the progression of vascular atherosclerotic plaque in patients who participated in the original BioImage study in 2008 and 2009.

June 20, 2017

DiACardio changes name

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Echocardiography image analysis software developer DiACardio has changed its name to DiA Imaging Analysis.

June 19, 2017

ASNC releases guidance on MPI in women

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has published an updated consensus statement on the use of stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in women. The statement includes recommendations for selecting the appropriate women for testing.

June 14, 2017

PROMISE: CCTA better than functional cardiac testing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) does a better job than functional cardiac testing of predicting future cardiac events among individuals with chest pain, according to new results published June 13 in Circulation from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE).

June 12, 2017

Hitachi teams with West Virginia University

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hitachi Healthcare Americas has formed an echocardiography research partnership with the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute.

June 12, 2017

HeartFlow nets positive review by BCBS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow said that the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) Association has provided a positive healthcare evidence review of its fractional flow reserve CT analysis technology.

June 12, 2017

SNMMI: PET can detect which plaques are at risk of rupture

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A three-modality molecular imaging system that combines PET with photoacoustic imaging can detect which plaques might rupture and induce a major adverse cardiac event, according to research presented at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

June 11, 2017

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