Ultrafast myocardial contrast echocardiography shows early potential to evaluate CAD

Ultrafast/high frame rate myocardial contrast echocardiography

Conventional myocardial contrast echocardiography images on the left. Ultrafast/high frame rate myocardial contrast echocardiography images on the right. Images courtesy of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging and Gvinianidze et al.

Ultrafast MCE could go on to become a go-to treatment option for obstructive coronary artery disease, according to the authors of a new first-in-human clinical study.

FDA clears new software for AI-powered CCTA assessments

Left, coronary CT angiography of a vessel showing plaque heavy calcium burden. Right, image showing color code of various types of plaque morphology showing the complexity of these lesions. The right image was processed using the FDA cleared, AI-enabled plaque assessment from Elucid.

Elucid's AI analysis software in action. The left image shows coronary CT angiography of a vessel showing plaque heavy calcium burden. The right image, processed by Elucid's software, highlights the various types of plaque morphology of these lesions.

Elucid's PlaqueIQ was trained to turn CCTA images into interactive 3D reports that help physicians visualize the presence of atherosclerosis.