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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Toshiba ships 100th Vantage

Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) has shipped its 100th Excelart Vantage, a high field 1.5T MRI system.

Digirad reveals Cardius-3 imager

Digirad Corp. this week introduced the Cardius-3 imager, a triple-head nuclear gamma camera designed exclusively for cardiac imaging applications.

Toshiba, UNC physicians demonstrate Infinix-i FPD images at TCT 2004

Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS) and physicians from the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals have presented unique data from Toshiba's Infinix CC-i series triple-axis mounted cardiac cath lab this week at the 2004 Transcatheter Cardiovascul

Premier signs agreements with Philips, Siemens, Elekta

Premier Purchasing Partners LLP, the group purchasing organization of Premier Inc., has awarded three-year agreements to Philips Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions for full-line imaging modalities and related services.

Toshiba debuts 64-slice CT for cardiac use

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. this week unveiled the new Aquilion 64 CFX computed tomography system designed for examining coronary arteries.

Digirad introduces new mobile gamma camera

Digirad Corp. has released a mobile nuclear gamma camera with a single detector dedicated exclusively to cardiac imaging called Cardius-1M system.

Trend Tracker | IHE in Cardiology Makes Progress

You probably know by now that the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise initiative is moving into the cardiology realm. But if this is news to you, there are some marketplace changes underway that you may want to understand - quickly!

SNM Preview 2004

The Society of Nuclear Medicine will mark its 51st annual meeting, with more than 3,800 nuclear medicine physicians, scientists, pharmacists and technologists ready to descend on Philadelphia from June 19th through June 23rd.

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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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