Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging channel includes the modalities of computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and angiography.

Adult patient case suspect of potential narrowing of the middle cerebral artery, however, a repositioned scan (right) with normal Doppler flow approximating 60 cm/s implies no disease in the artery except for tortuosity.

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging | By Lennard M. Gettz, and Noelle Cutter, Ph.D. Edited by Robert L. Bard, M.D. DABR, FASL

2021 Review: Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Imaging

Since the advent of ultrasound scanning in the 1950s, the global movement to develop and expand its diagnostic features ...

January 21, 2022

Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease. Hybrid CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET of coronary arteries. (A) A 70-y-old male, who presented with diffused largely noncalcified disease (middle panel in red) in the LAD and demonstrated increased 18F-NaF uptake in the LAD on PET. (B) A 59-y-old male with mild LCX atherosclerosis, who presented with a high noncalcified plaque burden (middle panel in red) on CT angio

News | PET-CT

PET/CT Artificial Intelligence Model Ideal for Predicting Risk of Future Heart Attack

January 12, 2022 — By combining information from two advanced imaging techniques with clinical data, physicians can ...

January 12, 2022

Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain or other organs as well. Fetal MRI, a magnetic resonance imaging procedure that can be performed on the unborn child, can detect these abnormalities at an early stage.

News | Pediatric Imaging

Fetal MRI is a Valuable Adjunct to Ultrasound in Detecting Abnormal Extracardiac Development in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Defects

December 24, 2021 — Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain ...

December 24, 2021

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Videos | Radiology Imaging

True Volume TEE, The Next Step in 3-D Imaging

Siemens introduces True volume TEE transducer. This 3-D/4-D 90°x90° TEE solution enables clinically meaningful ...

October 17, 2014

Figure 1. MRI shows late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the right ventricular attachment (arrow) of a 19-year-old male. Note: this image is for illustrative purposes only and is not associated with the Big Ten study group. Image courtesy of Radiology.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes

November 29, 2021 — A small but significant percentage of college athletes with COVID-19 develop myocarditis, a ...

November 29, 2021

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Philips Collaborates With Leading Institutes to Bring Its Breakthrough Spectral CT Imaging into the Interventional Suite

November 28, 2021 — Royal Philips, a leader in health technology, unveiled its vision for interventional medicine by ...

November 28, 2021

Carestream Health will showcase its innovations in mobile medical imaging with the Ziehm Vision RFD C-arm and DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference in Chicago.

News | X-Ray

Carestream Highlights Vital Advancements in Mobile Imaging at RSNA 2021

November 19, 2021 — Carestream Health will showcase its innovations in mobile medical imaging with the Ziehm Vision RFD ...

November 19, 2021

News | Artificial Intelligence

Viz.ai Launches Two New AI-Powered Modules for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease

November 18, 2021 — Viz.ai, a leader in AI-driven intelligent care coordination, announced the U.S. commercial launch of ...

November 18, 2021

A multidisciplinary team of scientists based at the Universidad de Valladolid and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has developed a highly efficient method for identifying the three-dimensional features of the scar tissue formed after a myocardial infarction.

News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

3D Mapping of Post-infarction Scarring Increases the Prognostic Potential of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

November 11, 2021 — A multidisciplinary team of scientists based at the Universidad de Valladolid and the Centro ...

November 11, 2021

Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Cardiologs, a France-based medical technology company focused on transforming cardiac diagnostics using artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology. Cardiologs will further strengthen Philips’ cardiac monitoring and diagnostics offering with innovative software technology, electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis and reporting services

News | Cardiac Imaging

Philips to Expand Its Cardiac Diagnostics and Monitoring Portfolio With the Acquisition of Cardiologs

November 10, 2021 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ...

November 10, 2021

With new productivity features and functionalities, Agfa HealthCare demonstrates how the right tools can help radiology leadership derive increased value from medical imaging

News | Enterprise Imaging

Agfa HealthCare Showcases a Suite of Technology Innovations at RSNA21

November 10, 2021 — With new productivity features and functionalities, Agfa HealthCare demonstrates how the right tools ...

November 10, 2021

T1-Based Criteria for Myocarditis on Cardiac MRI in Patients With Recent COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination: Early gadolinium enhancement (EGE) compared with precontrast SSFP sequence (not shown) is observed on early postcontrast short-axis SSFP images in (A) 16-year-old male, (B) 17-year-old male, (C) 16-year-old male, and (D) 19-year-old male, and on early postcontrast short-axis perfusion image in (E) 17-year-old male (arrow, A-E). Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is also present (arrows) in all 5 patients (F, G

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Cardiac MRI of Myocarditis After COVID-19 Vaccination in Adolescents

November 1, 2021 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), radiologists need to be cognizant of the ...

November 01, 2021

$Cardiac CTA derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves predictive performance of established clinical risk scores and may be used to assess TAVR patient risk during pre-procedure workup and post-procedural surveillance. These images show LAVmax (A and B), LAVmin (C and D), and LAEF using cardiac CTA. LAEF was calculated as (LAVmax-LAVmin)/LAVmax x 100. Given LAVmax of 109 mL and LAVmin of 80 mL, the LAEF was calculated to be 27%. Image courtesy of AJR.$