Technology | PET-CT
Siemens Healthineers will announce U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of four new system features for the Biograph mCT family of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) systems at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). These features, three of which are also available on the Biograph Vision PET/CT scanner, bring advanced clinical capabilities to healthcare providers, enabling them to expand precision medicine and transform the delivery of patient care.
June 21, 2018
Feature | Stents Bioresorbable
June 19, 2018 – Amaranth Medical offered new details about its 85-micron Defiance bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) recently ...
June 19, 2018
News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Clinical practice, along with guidelines and research, have shown that speckle tracking strain imaging can improve diagnostic assessment, standardize interpretation and may assist in the way patients are monitored over time to optimize care. Since 2016, there has been an investigational CPT code (0399T) available for myocardial strain echo studies, which many institutions are now reporting reimbursement. At the 2018 American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) annual meeting, June 22-26 in Nashville, Epsilon Imaging will demonstrate how imaging departments can integrate strain imaging into their echoc programs with EchoInsight.
June 19, 2018Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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Technology | Cardiovascular Ultrasound
Cardiovascular imaging artificial intelligence (AI) company Bay Labs announced its EchoMD AutoEF software received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fully automated clip selection and calculation of left ventricular ejection fraction (EF). EF is the single most widely used metric of cardiac function and used as the basis for many clinical decisions. The EchoMD AutoEF algorithms eliminate the need to manually select views, choose the best clips and manipulate them for quantification, an often time-consuming and highly variable process.
June 19, 2018
News | Congenital Heart
June 18, 2018 — Heart defects are the most common type of birth defect, and can be caused by mutations in the gene CHD4 ...
June 18, 2018
Technology | Medical 3-D Printing
3D Systems announced availability of its new On Demand Anatomical Modeling Service. This new service provides a wide range of medical professionals with access to anatomical models 3-D-printed from their 3-D digital files, enabling enhanced three-dimensional visualization for surgical planning as well as patient education.
June 18, 2018Sponsored Content
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Feature | Nuclear Imaging | Dave Fornell, Editor
Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography ...
June 15, 2018
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LivaNova PLC announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Memo 4D semi-rigid mitral annuloplasty ring. The company also confirmed the first implantation of the device.
June 15, 2018
Technology | Drug-Eluting Balloons
Medtronic plc has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for 200mm and 250mm lengths of the In.Pact Admiral Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB) to treat long superficial femoral artery (SFA) lesions in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD).
June 15, 2018Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
March 21, 2024
News | Cardiac Diagnostics
A team of researchers says it has linked sensitivity to an allergen in red meat to the buildup of plaque in the arteries of the heart. While high saturated fat levels in red meat have long been known to contribute to heart disease for people in general, the new finding suggests that a subgroup of the population may be at heightened risk for a different reason – a food allergen. The study, which is supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, appears in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.
June 14, 2018
News | Guidewires
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the following two draft guidance documents: Coronary, Peripheral, and Neurovascular Guidewires - Performance Tests and Recommended Labeling; and Intravascular Catheters, Wires, and Delivery Systems with Lubricious Coatings - Labeling Considerations.
June 14, 2018
360 Photos | 360 View Photos
This is a 360 degree image from the Canon Aquilion One 320-slice computed tomography (CT) system installed at ...
June 14, 2018Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
March 05, 2024
News | Heart Valve Technology
Henry Ford Hospital is one of 17 U.S. trial sites using a catheter-based procedure approved in Europe to repair a leaky mitral heart valve.
June 13, 2018
News | Mobile Devices
Medication management platform Medisafe released data showing that, on average, hypertensive patients increase their prescription refills by almost 10 percent after they start using the company's mobile app.
June 13, 2018
News | Wearables
The thought of losing up to $14 a week along with personalized goal setting may have motivated ischemic heart disease patients to increase their exercise, according to a new clinical trial published in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
June 13, 2018