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.
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.
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Naples Community Hospital Director of Cardiac Imaging Bill Shirkey showing a point-of-care cardiac ultrasound scan of a COVID-19 patient. He used a GE Healthcare Vscan device bedside in an isolation room.
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Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial effusion and solitary kidney and renal failure.
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This is a tutorial video on how to perform an artificial intelligence (AI) automated cardiac ejection fraction measurement using the GE Healthcare Vscan Extend...
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Interview with Geoffrey Rose, M.D., president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute with Atrium Health, in...
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Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of noninvasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at Midwest...
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News | Cardiac Imaging | January 11, 2021
January 11, 2021 — In a letter published in the December issue of the American Heart Association's medical journal ...
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.
News | Artificial Intelligence | January 06, 2021
January 6, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Ultromics' EchoGo Pro, an artificial...
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 | November 12, 2020
November 12, 2020 – Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas Inc. and DiA Imaging Analysis Ltd. jointly announce the expanded...
A sonographer at Northwestern Memorial Hospital using the Caption Health AI to optimize ultrasound imaging.
News | Ultrasound Imaging | October 28, 2020
October 28, 2020 — Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the United States to purchase Caption Health...
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | October 13, 2020
October 13, 2020 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid ...
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 | September 29, 2020 | Joe Fornadel, J.D., and Wes Moran, J.D.
The number of Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AI-based algorithms is significant and has grown at a steady...
EchoGo Pro automates cardiac ultrasound measurements for heart functions, but also empower physicians to predict the occurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD).
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiography...
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 — The world is facing a global pandemic with unknown implications, but it is now well known COVID-19...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | September 15, 2020
Case is a 6-month-old infant boy admitted to hospital due to respiratory distress then worsened by a pericardial...
The Epiq CVxi being used for TEE imaging in the cath lab. The system brings together advanced image quality, quantification and intelligence specifically for the cardiologist.
News | Ultrasound Imaging | September 15, 2020
September 15, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently introduced the latest addition to its portfolio of dedicated...
Videos | Ultrasound Imaging | August 13, 2020
This is a tutorial video on how to perform an artificial intelligence (AI) automated cardiac ejection fraction...
GE Healthcare Vscan with artificial intelligence (AI) automated left ventricular ejection fraction assessment with the Dia LVivo EF app.
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | August 12, 2020
August 12, 2020 — GE focused on the latest innovations from the handheld ultrasound, Vscan Extend system, which is...
The Philips Lumify point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system assessing a patient in the emergency room combined with telehealth to enable real-time collaboration with other physicians.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 26, 2020
May 26, 2020 — Philips Healthcare recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
An example of DiA'a automated ejection fraction AI software on the GE vScan POCUS system at RSNA 2019. Photo by Dave Fornell.
News | Ultrasound Imaging | May 26, 2020
May 12, 2020 — DiA Imaging Analysis, a provider of AI based ultrasound analysis solutions, said it received a...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | May 07, 2020
Interview with Geoffrey Rose, M.D., president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute with Atrium Health, in Charlotte,...
Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | April 18, 2020
Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of noninvasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at...
The Caption Guidance software uses artificial intelligence to guide users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images in a point of care ultrasound (POCUS) setting.
News | Artificial Intelligence | February 13, 2020
February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the...
Videos | RSNA | January 13, 2020
ITN Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new medical imaging technologies displayed on the...
News | Ultrasound Imaging | December 26, 2019
December 26, 2019 — Innovatus Imaging’s Ultrasound Center of Excellence has recently expanded testing and repair...
EchoGo uses artificial intelligence (AI) to calculate cardiac ultrasound left ventricular ejection fraction (EF), the most frequently used measurement of heart function, left ventricular volumes (LV) and, for the first time for an AI application, automated cardiac strain.
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | November 14, 2019
November 14, 2019 — Ultromics has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ...
