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's Infinix-i series gives medical centers edge in cardiac and vascular care

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. says that both the University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals at Chapel Hill and the Berger Hospital in Circleville, Ohio, are experiencing "measurable benefits" upon the recent installment of its Infinix-i series fa

Siemens augments cardiac care in two Illinois-based medical centers

Siemens Medical Solutions and St. Elizabeth's Hospital have entered a five-year strategic alliance.

Cardiac MRI

Cardiac MRI is gaining proponents thanks to its finesse in determining cardiac viability, assessing heart muscle damage after a heart attack, measuring left and right ejection fraction, and determining true ischemia - and rivaling nuclear stress tests and

GE Healthcare unveils new medical imaging offerings

GE Healthcare introduced its new LightSpeed VCT (volume computed tomography) scanner at ACC 2004.

Study backs MPI as useful tool in determining treatment for poor blood flow in the heart

Stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) to evaluate the lack of blood flow in the heart has been substantiated as a method to help physicians assess the treatment needs of heart attack survivors and the risk of a second heart attack.

Managing Dynamic Images in the Echo Lab

Faster image retrieval, reductions in transcription costs and eliminating repeat studies are among the benefits of ridding your department of videotapes in favor of digitally managing echo exams.

Imaging Partners with Robotics: Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Using imaging and robotic devices to improve cardiovascular surgical procedures and speed patient recovery is beginning to bump some more invasive cardiovascular surgeries.

At the Heart of Echocardiography

Contrast agents, 3D, Doppler imaging and hand-held echocardiography units are contributing to the rise in echo studies - while research hopes to speed intuitive retrieval of key images.

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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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