Robert Quaife, M.D., director of advanced cardiac imaging, University of Colorado Hospital, explains...
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.
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The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released a new expert consensus document for computed tomography (CT) imaging to improve outcomes for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)/transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The 2019 guideline...
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A new study published in the European Heart Journal shows computed tomography (CT) can be a useful aid in heart team decision-making for complex coronary disease. Results also suggest the state-of-the-art imaging technology may offer a non-invasive diagnostic alternative to conventional coronary...
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Computed tomography (CT)-based measures of calcification in the abdominal aorta are strong predictors of heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events — stronger even than the widely used Framingham risk score. These assertions are according to a new study published in the journal...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Magnetom Sola, a 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner from Siemens Healthineers that brings Siemens’ BioMatrix technology to the 1.5T market. This technology addresses patient anatomical and physiological differences, as...
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | January 08, 2019
January 8, 2019 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | December 07, 2018
December 7, 2018 — Hitachi Medical Systems Europe introduced what it calls the next level of intelligent Vector Flow...
News | Women's Health | November 29, 2018
November 29, 2018 — Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring may lead to earlier impairment of cardiac function in...
News | Artificial Intelligence | November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018 – Zebra Medical Vision and Clalit Health Services announced the completion of two research...
News | Computer-Aided Detection Software | November 26, 2018
November 26, 2018 — Medical imaging software company Arterys will demonstrate its wide-ranging suite of...
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | November 25, 2018
November 26, 2018 — HeartVista announced its...
News | Radiology Imaging | November 13, 2018
November 13, 2018 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research & Education (R&E) Foundation...
Feature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | October 30, 2018
October 30, 2018 — At 18 weeks, a baby’s heart is the size of an olive and beating about 150 times per minute....
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | October 29, 2018
October 29, 2018 — Hitachi Healthcare Americas participated in the...
Images from computed tomography (CT) colonography show segmented abdominal aortic calcification measured with semiautomated CT tool on coronal image. Within region of interest over aorta selected by user, tool automatically segments and quantifies aortic calcification (shown in blue).
Image Credit: O’Connor S D, Graffy P M, Zea R, et al. Does nonenhanced CT-based quantification of abdominal aortic calcification outperform the Framingham Risk Score in predicting cardiovascular event sin asymptomatic adults? Radiology doi: 10.1148/radiol.2018180562. Published online Oct. 2, 2018. © RSNA.
News | Computed Tomography (CT) | October 12, 2018
October 12, 2018 — Computed...
Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | October 09, 2018
October 9, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Magnetom Sola, a 1.5 Tesla...
An example of the newest generation of smart cardiac CT software that automatically identifies the anatomy, autotraces the centerlines on the entire coronary tree and labels each vessel segment. This greatly speeds CT workflows, saving time for techs, radiologists and cardiologists.
Feature | Radiology Imaging | October 04, 2018 | By Dave Fornell
Here is a checklist of dose-sparing practices for cardiac computed tomography (CT) imaging used in the cath lab....
News | Angiography | September 25, 2018
September 21, 2018 — Osprey Medical announced a collaboration with GE Healthcare on Osprey’s Be Kind to Kidneys...
News | Cardiac Imaging | September 20, 2018
September 20, 2018 — At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual meeting, Sept. 21–25 in San Diego...
