CT perfusion

Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is known to have excellent anatomical imaging, but has lacked the ability for functional assessments, requiring chest pain patients with intermediate stenosis lesions to be sent to the cath lab or nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging. However, recent advances in CCTA image analysis software and the accumulation of supporting clinical data may soon enable CT perfusion imaging and virtual fractional flow reserve-CT (FFR-CT) to become mainstream in the coming years. 

When 64-slice computed tomography (CT) systems were introduced nearly a decade ago, they were purchased in large numbers to upgrade older 16-slice systems and soon became the new standard of care. Soon after that boom period for CT, sales abated due to the economic slowdown and the uncertainty of future reimbursements due to U.S. healthcare reform. This made many hospitals think hard about replacing CT systems as frequently as they had previously, with many extending the service life from five years to 10 or more.

Agfa HealthCare announced that it will introduce the new DR 600 multi-detector, high-productivity, high-throughput direct radiography (DR) solution at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015 annual meeting, being held Nov. 29-Dec. 4 in Chicago.

Spok Inc. announced that representatives will demonstrate the company’s solutions for clinical mobility and workflow improvement at the 101st annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 29-Dec. 4 in Chicago.

Healthcare imaging specialist Barco announced in October that its flagship diagnostic display system, Coronis Uniti, has been clinically validated for multimodality breast imaging. This makes Coronis Uniti the world’s first and only diagnostic display that can be used for both picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) and multimodality breast imaging, including breast tomosynthesis, 3-D mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and breast ultrasound.

This fall, imaging pundits discussed the possible delay of XR-29, a standard designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to encourage computed tomography (CT) providers to upgrade their equipment to low-dose configurations. But it doesn’t look like that is going to happen.

Healthcare imaging specialist Barco has been granted a patent for its I-Luminate technology, a luminance boost method and system specifically developed to improve detection of fine details in breast images.

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