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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Diagnosoft appoints new CEO, secures $4M in financing

Diagnosoft, a developer of MRI image analysis software that assists in the diagnosis, staging and monitoring of cardiovascular disease, has raised $4 million in a series B financing round, led by Technology Development Fund of Cairo, Egypt.

Philips targets cancer, cardiac disease with $21M imaging project

Royal Philips Electronics is leading a 15.9 million ($20.8 million U.S.) project in Europe to develop image-guided drug delivery technologies that could impact the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Acquisitions, agents mark tumultuous month

Conventional wisdom holds that not much business gets done in late December and early January. Like many other cherished chestnuts, the past 30 days has seen that adage tossed out the windowat least within the cardiac imaging market.

AngioDynamics replaces CEO

AngioDynamics has appointed Jan Keltjens as president and CEO, replacing its co-founder Eamonn Hobbs, who will become vice chairman of the board, effective March 1.

Report: Gender, age bias remain in radiation dose regulations

U.S. radiation exposure regulations and compliance assessment guidelines often fail women and children, because they are based on Reference Man, a hypothetical 20 to 30-year-old Caucasian male, according a report released Jan. 7 by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.

Philips, Bard merge image guidance, mapping for cardiac arrhythmias

Royal Philips Electronics has entered into an agreement with Bard Electrophysiology, a division of C. R. Bard, to co-develop new clinical tools to aid in treating cardiac arrhythmia disorders.

Digisonics nets multiple installations

Digisonics has expanded its U.S. install base in Texas, New Hampshire, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

ACR warns that CBO recommendations could affect medical imaging

A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report for the Obama Administration and the new 111th Congress contains several policies for healthcare reform recommendations that directly impact how medical imaging services are delivered and reimbursed, according to the American College of Radiology (ACR).

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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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