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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Cardiovascular Information Systems: Powering Cardiology and Beyond

Health Imaging & IT visits with a few pioneers to uncover the benefits and challenges of implementing and integrating CVIS.

Editor's Note: Changing Cardiac Imaging

This month’s cover story on cardiac CT indulges the mind on the clinical and business matters surrounding this technology that is simply soaring in popularity.

Hurdling Cardiac CTs Challenges

Among the challenges cardiac CT must overcome are imaging stents andbypass grafts, according to Koen Nieman, MD, PhD, of the Department ofCardiology Thoraxcenter at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam,Netherlands, at the Society of Cardiovascular CT meeting in July inArlington, Va.

Whats State of the Art in Cardiac CT

“Coronary CTA is stretching the physical boundaries of CT in imaging to small and more rapidly moving anatomy,” said Stephan Achenbach,MD, president of the Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) who spoke atthe mid-July meeting held in Arlington, Va.

Study: CT a powerful tool in diagnosing coronary artery disease

Coronary computed tomography is a highly effective tool in diagnosingcoronary artery disease and could be helpful in preventing a patientfrom undergoing invasive catheterization, according to a ClevelandClinic-led study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Hitachi showcases cardiac PET

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. (HMSA) highlighted this week atthe annual Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) meeting in San Diego itscardiac PET system – the SceptreC.

GE introduces new point-of-care compact cardiac ultrasound for physician offices

GE Healthcare announced today a new compact ultrasound system for cardiac imaging at the point of care, the Vivid e.

Hitachi rolling out new cardiac PET system at SNM

Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. (HMSA) is debuting a new cardiacPET system – the SceptreC – at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine(SNM) meeting that begins Saturday in San Diego, Calif.

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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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