This case is a routine coronary CTA with the focus on the coronary arteries. The patient was a middle-aged male with a family history of coronary artery disease, moderate risk profile and atypical chest pain. The EKG did not indicate myocardial ischemia and there was no enzyme leak.
Advances in molecular imaging, specifically through the discovery of new molecular imaging agents and developments in the technologies that enable their visualization have opened up new possibilities for the early detection of disease as well as personalized medicine.
In this retrospectively gated full thoracic CT study, the examination was performed using the LightSpeed VCT 64 system with 0.625 mm detector collimation, retrospective cardiac gating and mono-sector reconstruction. The patient received three 5 mg injections of Metoprolol intravenously for cardiac rate control. Heart rate during acquisition was 64 to 65 BPM.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
October 3, 2008 - Zotec Partners said Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) has licensed the company’s Electronic Billing ...
The definition of core requirements for the different PACS system administrator (SA) jobs, ranging from associates to interface analyst, administrator and manager, and corresponding exams has definitely encouraged many professionals to start enhancing their skills and filling in the gaps, whether in the IT or clinical domain or both.
GE Healthcare launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ...
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
The P-Series of LCDs will consist of a 2 megapixel monochrome and high-bright color, a 3 megapixel monochrome and high-bright color and a 5 megapixel monochrome LCD for mammography.
ONI Medical Systems' new MSK Extreme 1.5T MRI is dedicated to musculoskeletal imaging, including joints and soft tissue of the extremities. It’s reportedly the most powerful 1.5T MRI with 70 mT/m gradient strength at 200 T/m/s slew rate.
October 1, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. has entered into a global licensing agreement with Royal Philips Electronics to ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
ProSolv CardioVascular, a FUJIFILM company, released ProSolv CardioVascular 4.0, a new software release featuring a Web ...
Carestream Health Inc. released reportedly the first wireless DR detector that is the size of a standard cassette and ...
A combined RIS/PACS solution for the North American market from Sectra is geared toward customers who have demands to deliver radiology services across several institutions and/or communicate between several healthcare providers.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
October 2, 2008 - InSite One signed a multi-year agreement with VHA Inc., the national healthcare alliance, to provide ...
October 2, 2008 - DNA Direct Inc. said it will offer ColoSure, a reportedly simple test to screen for colon cancer ...
Since its clinical adoption in the early 1990s, anesthesia agent monitoring has evolved significantly from standalone units to modules that are used in multiparameter monitoring systems. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), over 40 million anesthetics are delivered each year in the United States, irrespective of the care setting.
The Fabius MRI employs the same user interface as Draeger’s Fabius GS, Fabius Tiro and Apollo machines, creating a ...
TeraMedica Healthcare Technology’s Evercore Enterprise Suite has been fully tested and certified for use with IBM’s Grid ...
Riverain’s OnGuard Chest X-ray CAD is reportedly the only FDA PMA-approved chest X-ray CAD system. Working in ...
EmpowerCTA injector system offers both ACIST’s patented extravasation detection accessory (EDA) and a saline chase. This CT injector features air embolism protection, on-the-fly flow rate manipulation and syringe loading and arming at the injector.
Eizo GmbH Display Technologies has added both 1MP color and grayscale displays to its portfolio of monitors in the medical field for surgery and modalities. The 19-inch displays, the SCD 19102 and SMD 19102, feature the latest viewing angle technology and high luminance of up to 280 cd/m2 (candelas per square meter) for the color display and 1000 cd/m2 for the grayscale display.
October 02, 2008 