Technology

Concentric Medical has obtained FDA 510(k) clearance for its Merci L6 Retriever, a device that restores blood flow to ischemic stroke patients. The Merci Retriever is designed to restore blood flow by engaging, capturing and removing blood clots.

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Technology

The Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner reportedly provides high quality CT images of the coronary arteries and heart anatomy at low radiation dose levels and short breathholds.

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Technology

Boston Scientific, a manufacturer of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) imaging technology, will unveil new software ...

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Technology

Datascope Corp. said that it has developed a new patient monitoring system called NetGuard that monitors the electrical activity of the heart (EKG) in order to protect the unmonitored hospital patient population in the event of a life-threatening heart rhythm.

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Technology

ProSolv CardioVascular has further enhanced its CardioVascular Image and Information Systems (CVIIS) product line with ...

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Technology

Hitachi Medical Systems America announced that it received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging ...

Home November 14, 2007
Home
Feature | Audie Lewis

The high cost of patient care is influencing many decisions in today’s healthcare marketplace. The expense of treating ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
News

November 14, 2007 - The Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital performed the first procedure in the first hybrid congenital cardiac operating suite in the U.S., a facility designed specifically around the cardiac surgeon, offering new advanced access and imaging in an operating room environment.

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Technology

Ziehm Vision FD, Ziehm Imaging’s latest suite of fully digital radiology products, is said to incorporate cutting-edge ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

In 2006, 141 million imaging examinations, including MRI, CT, PET and SPECT, were performed worldwide using a contrast ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
News

November 14, 2007 – More than 120 sites in 29 countries and more than 5,000 patients are now enrolled in OrbusNeich’s e ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Case Study

Located in Florence, AL, Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital is owned and operated by the not-for-profit healthcare system Coffee Health Group (CHG). Nationally recognized as one of the Thomson Top 100 Hospitals for the third year in a row, the hospital is part of a healthcare system dedicated to serving the people of Northwest Alabama.

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Feature | Amy Ballard, MEd

The volatile debate over who should control cardiac imaging technologies - cardiologists or radiologists - has created a ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Feature | Melissa Allen

When it comes to diagnosing heart disease, highly detailed 3D images of a coronary artery comes to mind. But advanced imaging has expanded its role in the cath lab beyond diagnosis, as 3D images are used to guide physicians through interventional procedures. But what it taking imaging in the cath lab to the next generation is 4D imaging, in its truest sense.

Home November 13, 2007
Home
News

November 14, 2007 - According to Cardica Inc., a provider of automated anastomosis systems for coronary artery bypass ...

Home November 13, 2007
Home
Subscribe Now