Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Medtronic, Vital Images unveil aortic aneurysm imaging service

Medtronic is partnering with Vital Images to provide imaging and advanced visualization services for endovascular specialists who use Medtronic's portfolio of stent grafts to treat aortic aneurysms.

Foresight introduces fluoro road-mapping system

Foresight Imaging is introducing TIMS Fluoro-TRACE, a system for providing road-mapping for interventional radiology, angiography and vascular surgery applications by PACS connectivity hardware and software, this week at the VEITH symposium in New York City.

EU Rad: CT computer-aided detection app may rule out stenosis

New computer-aided detection software for coronary CT angiography could help physicians rule out narrowing of the coronary arteries in patients with low to moderate risk of coronary artery disease, according to a study published online Nov. 5 in European Radiology.

Vital Images revenue, income slip in Q3

Advanced visualization application developer Vital Images posted a downturn in sales and profits in its financial results for the third quarter, which ended Sept. 30.

AHJ: No difference between GEs Vispaque and Bracco's IsoVue for adverse events

There is no significant difference between iodixanol (Visipaque, GE Healthcare) and iopamidol (IsoVue, Bracco Diagnostics) in either peak increase in serum creatinine or risk of contrast-induced nephropathy, according to a prospective, multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial in the November issue of the American Heart Journal.

Digirad offers fee-per-study CPACS

Digirad has released c.pax, which combines structured reporting and PACS in a fee-for-service format.

Radiology: Dual-source CT more accurate at segment-based analysis

In patients with heart rates of 65 beats per minutes or less, dual-source CT angiography has a higher specificity and accuracy at segment-based analysis than 64-slice CT, but provides a comparable diagnostic accuracy on a patient-based level, according to a study in this month's Radiology.

Commentary: Weighing risk/benefit ratio of CAC scoring

Recent prospective studies support that coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores are statistically correlated with the presence of coronary artery disease, and afford a superior technique to risk stratify asymptomatic adults for the likelihood of cardiovascular events and mortality.

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Cardiovascular Business
Global shortage of nuclear imaging isotopes may be over

The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

Cardiovascular Business
‘A huge win’: CMS significantly increases Medicare payments for cardiac CT

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

Cardiovascular Business
FDA clears AI tool that flags signs of heart disease in chest CT scans

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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