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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Noninvasive imaging method provides insight into peripheral blood flow

A team at ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has found photoplethysmography can noninvasively capture unique information on the regulation of a patient’s peripheral blood flow, according to research published in Scientific Reports.

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Imaging exams miss breast cancer in organs donated to 4 European women

In what medical experts are calling an “extraordinarily rare” case, four European women developed breast cancer years after receiving organ donations from a single donor, according to a report published Sept. 19 by CNN.

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Case Western receives $1.1M to research new peripheral artery disease imaging method

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland announced it has received a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research a novel imaging technique for diagnosing peripheral arterial disease, according to a university release.

Siemens Healthineers Announces First U.S. Install of SOMATOM go.Top CT Scanner

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center acquires latest addition to SOMATOM go. CT platform, which addresses advanced clinical fields and applications

SNMMI, ASNC encourage BCBS to expand coverage of cardiac PET

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) submitted a letter to BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) of Tennessee urging an expansion of cardiac PET coverage.

Example of spectral, or dual-energy CT, confirming a pulmonary embolism (PE). Image courtesy of Philips Healthcare

Dual-energy CTA iodine maps offer small benefit in diagnosing pulmonary embolism

Dual-energy (DE) CT iodine maps offer a slight benefit when paired with traditional CT angiography images in diagnosing pulmonary embolism (PE), reported researchers in a Sept. 11 Radiology study.

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Nikon, UC San Diego open collaborative microscopic imaging center

The third Nikon Imaging Center in the U.S. for collaborative microscopy imaging opened at the University of California, San Diego on Thursday, Sept. 13, according to a university press release. The center houses more than $2.5 million in imaging equipment, allowing researchers to work to develop new education programs.

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Virtual reality app could lessen anxiety for pediatric patients during MRI

A National Health Service physicist has developed a new virtual reality (VR) app that could help ease anxiety and fear for pediatric patients undergoing MRI, according to a report published Sept. 13 by The Guardian.

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Positron partners with Upbeat Cardiology Solutions to improve cardiac PET/CT access

Positron, a New York-based nuclear imaging company, will now provide Upbeat Cardiology Solutions with advanced PET/CT systems and services. 

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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.

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‘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.