The Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) has named Chirapa Puntawangkoon, MD, and Thananya Boonyasirinant, MD, as the winners of the third annual Young Investigator Award.

Newer technology for 64-slice CT could be an effective diagnostic tool for ruling out coronary artery disease or for making a positive diagnosis in high-risk patients; however, findings must be interpreted with caution, according to a study in this month's issue of Radiology.

TeraRecon, a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of advanced visualization and decision support solutions for medical imaging, and Agfa HealthCare have released the cardiac CT review and reporting solution, which conforms to the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography's (SCCT) published guidelines for cardiac CT interpretation.

Children in Hong Kong, compared with U.S. pediatric patients, have a greater risk of cancer from the radiation dose delivered during coronary CT angiography, according to a study in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Advanced visualization and analysis application developer Ziosoft has released the latest version of its 3D thin-client software, which delivers new applications such as MR cardiac function analysis, as well as reporting and workflow enhancements.

An evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) on an Apple iPhone has high sensitivity and negative predictive value among evaluable arteries, according to a proof-of-concept study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Orlando, Fla.

The clinical competence criteria in cardiac CT specified the necessary training to achieve minimum technical competence in cardiac CT. By teasing data from the first cardiac CT board exam administered last September, researchers found that increased clinical experience correlated with a higher pass rate.

Toshiba America Medical Systems showcased its Aquilion One volume CT scanner, with a focus on its image noise reduction capability and its advantages with scanning children, at the annual meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) held last week in Orlando, Fla.