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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Cardiac SPECT Takes It Up a Notch

Cardiac SPECT is benefitting from enhanced attenuation correction as well as powerful, small field-of-view systems geared for small spaces and new SPECT-CT hybrid scanners bringing more comprehensive cardiac imaging workups.

Toshiba upgrades Infinix-I series vascular x-ray system

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has released software upgrades (v3.5.1) for the Infinix-i series vascular and cardiac imaging system that include 3D image fusion, advanced imaging controls and image transfer capabilities.

The Next Frontier in Cath Lab Archiving

Integrated digital archives, multimodality workstations and online reporting tools are bringing radiology and cardiology departments together to share the task of archiving cath lab and cardiac images.

ACC 2005 Wrap-up

Cardiac CT stole the limelight at March's annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando.

Toshiba proceeds with international cardiac CT study

Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. is commencing a multi-center clinical study on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging using 64-slice CT technology that strives to validate the use of multislice CT for diagnostic cardiac imaging.

RTI samples new cardiovascular PACS

RealTimeImage (RTI) used ACC this week to preview its web-based cardiology image management system, iPACS Cardio.

Siemens shows a unified loop of cardiovascular technologies at ACC

Siemens Medical Solutions closed the gap between old and new at this week's American College of Cardiology Conference, March 6 - 8, in Orlando, Fla., showing the tried-and-true anchors of cardiovascular imaging - echo and cardiac cath - as well as shed so

GE boosts cardiac imaging and IT capabilities

GE Healthcare touted enhancements to its cath lab, IT and MRI platforms and announced its first cardiac CT installation at this week's American College of Cardiology Conference, March 6 - 8, in Orlando, Fla.

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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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