Cardiovascular Ultrasound

This channel includes news and new technology innovations about cardiovascular ultrasounds. Cardiovascular ultrasounds, or echocardiograms, use ultrasound imaging to provide a picture of the heart.

GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health
February 10, 2023 — GE HealthCare, a leading global precision care innovator, announced that it has signed an agreement to a
Trends in Cardiac Imaging Over Past Decade Show Rapid Rise in CT
October 6, 2021 – A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade reports that the rate of coronary com
VIDEO: Examples of Lung B-lines and Cardiac Imaging on a Vscan Point of Care Ultrasound
Here are two quick clinical examples of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) lung imaging and cardiac imaging using a GE Vscan Air device. The examples show an abnormal lung image with B-lines. The second clip shows a healthy heart in a parasternal color Doppler image.
5 Key Trends in Ultrasound Systems
Recent advances in ultrasound image systems seen over the past year include the integration of artificial intelligence (AI),…
Handheld Ultrasound Used to Monitor COVID-19 Patients With Cardiac Complications
September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but it is now well known COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) can have a severe impact on the heart.

Acquisition supports GE HealthCare’s $3 billion Ultrasound business by adding AI-enabled image guidance to ultrasound device portfolios

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging

GE HealthCare to Acquire Caption Health

February 10, 2023 — GE HealthCare, a leading global precision care innovator, announced that it has signed an agreement ...

February 10, 2023

Clarius Mobile Health has introduced a third-generation product line of high-performance handheld wireless ultrasound scanners for all medical specialists.

News | Ultrasound Imaging

Clarius Disrupts Medical Ultrasound Market with 10 New Ultra-Portable Wireless Scanners for Apple and Android Devices

February 14, 2022 – Clarius Mobile Health has introduced a third-generation product line of high-performance handheld ...

February 14, 2022

$Caption Health's AI automated ejection fraction software.$

News | Artificial Intelligence

Caption Health and Ultromics Partner to Wide Availability of AI-enabled Cardiac Ultrasound Tools

November 11, 2021 — Caption Health and Ultromics, developers of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve cardiac ...

November 11, 2021

Cardiac coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam showing different views of the myocardium and the coronary arteries. This was scanned on a Canon Aquilion Prime CT scanner.

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

Trends in Cardiac Imaging Over Past Decade Show Rapid Rise in CT

October 6, 2021 – A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

October 06, 2021

The GE Healthcare Vsan Air wireless transducer point-of-care-ultrasound system will be used in combination with UltraSight artificial intelligence technology to monitor an astronaut's heart during Rakia space mission. The research will be used to determine the possible side effects of long-duration manned flights to Mars.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

AI Enabled Wireless Cardiac Point-of-Care-Ultrasound Will be Used by Astronauts in Space

October 5, 2021 – UltraSight, a digital health company developing artificial intelligence (AI) enabled cardiac imaging ...

October 05, 2021

A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade reports that the rate of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019, suggesting a bright future for the technology.

News | Cardiac Imaging

Study Analyzes a Decade of Cardiac Imaging Trends

September 28, 2021 — A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

September 28, 2021

Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm backed by Sequoia India and EDBI, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Us2.v1, a completely automated AI decision support tool for cardiac ultrasound.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

FDA Clears Fully Automated Cardiac Ultrasound Solution to Measure 2D and Doppler

September 14, 2021 – Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm backed by Sequoia India and EDBI, has received U.S. Food and ...

September 14, 2021

Webinar | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

WEBINAR: Utilization of AI for Echocardiography Analysis and Outcome Prediction

Artificial intelligence is becoming best practice to support clinical decisions and help standardize echocardiography ...

August 27, 2021

Webinar | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

WEBINAR: Echocardiographic Strain Assessment in a Contemporary Cardiology Practice

This educational webinar is focused on the value echocardiographic strain imaging brings to a contemporary cardiology ...

August 27, 2021

Images, or a digital twin mitral valve of a patient, created from cardiac ultrasound that were used to perform a virtual surgical procedure to test how the intervention would impact the patient prior to actually performing the procedure. The right image shows color coding for sheer stresses on the valve leaflets before and after the virtual surgery. The left image shows the model quantitation of leaflet coaptation at peak systole prior to the the virtual surgery.

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging

Development of Computer Generated Virtual Hearts Using Echocardiography

Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in ...

July 28, 2021

Videos | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

VIDEO: Examples of Lung B-lines and Cardiac Imaging on a Vscan Point of Care Ultrasound

Here are two quick clinical examples of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) lung imaging and cardiac imaging using a GE ...

April 01, 2021

GE Healthcare introduced its artificial intelligence (AI) automation features on its Voluson Swift ultrasound platform at the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) virtual meeting. Features of this system include semi-automated contouring, auto identification of fetal anatomy and positioning on imaging. AI is seeing increasing integration in ultrasound systems from numerous vendors.

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging | By Dave Fornell, Editor

5 Key Trends in Ultrasound Systems

Recent advances in ultrasound image systems seen over the past year include the integration of artificial intelligence ...

March 04, 2021

An example of cardiac ultrasound longitudinal strain measurements on the Epsilon EchoInsight software. This can be used to assess cardiotoxicity from chemotherapy agents.

News | Cardio-oncology

Global Longitudinal Strain Echo Offers Early Detection of Cardiotoxicity Heart Damage From Chemotherapy

February 25, 2020 — Results of a multi-centre, international, clinical trial co-led by Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) ...

February 25, 2021

The Philips AAA Model integrates software and Philips 3-D ultrasound technologies into a single solution to automatically segment and quantify the size of the aneurysm sac for surveillance of known native and post-EVAR treated AAAs.

News | Ultrasound Imaging

Philips 3-D Ultrasound Offers New Surveillance Method for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

January 27, 2021 — Philips Healthcare has introduced the Philips Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Model, providing ...

January 27, 2021

Myocarditis among recovering COVID-19 athletes less common than previously reported

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiac MRI Shows Lower Degrees of Myocarditis in Athletes Recovered from COVID-19

January 11, 2021 — In a letter published in the December issue of the American Heart Association's medical journal ...

January 11, 2021

Ultromics will offer its artificial intelligence driven EchoGo Pro as a stress-echo module in the EchoGo suite alongside EchoGo Core, its AI solution for automated systolic function and strain analysis. The EchoGo suite is a cloud-based service that uses artificial intelligence to fully automate the pathway to diagnosis, providing near-instant reports for clinicians without any need for physical software on site. #AI #AIhealthcare #AIecho

News | Artificial Intelligence

FDA Clears Ultromics Echocardiography AI for Auto Identification of Coronary Artery Disease

January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial ...

January 06, 2021

Dia's LVivo artificial intelligence software can help automate many features of echocardiograms to speed workflow and aid novice users. The software is now integrated into the Konica Minolta Exa PACS.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Expanded AI-based Echocardiography Analysis and Reporting Added to Konica Minolta Exa Cardio PACS

November 12, 2020 – Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. and DiA Imaging Analysis Ltd. jointly announce the expanded ...

November 12, 2020

A sonographer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital using the Caption Health AI to optimize ultrasound imaging.

News | Ultrasound Imaging

Northwestern Medicine Introduces Artificial Intelligence to Improve Ultrasound Imaging

October 28, 2020 — Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the United States to purchase Caption Health ...

October 28, 2020

The Vivid Ultra Edition, AI-powered cardiovascular ultrasound system is designed to shorten diagnostic exam time and improve measurement consistency

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

GE Healthcare Receives FDA Clearance for AI-powered Cardiovascular Ultrasound System

October 13, 2020 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid cardiovascular ...

October 13, 2020

The artificial intelligence-driven Caption Guidance software guides point of care ultrasound (POCUS) users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images. The AI software is an example of a FDA-cleared software that is helping improve imaging, even when used by less experienced users.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Joe Fornadel, J.D., and Wes Moran, J.D.

Recent Developments in Artificial Intelligence and the Accompanying Liability Risks

The number of Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AI-based algorithms is significant and has grown at a steady ...

September 29, 2020