June 9, 2009 – FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA said it has taken several steps to further its expertise in virtualization by becoming the first PACS vendor to officially validate its virtualization solution at VMware corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.
June 9, 2009 – Capintec’s new CapImage is a small field of view (FOV) gamma camera system designed for static, dynamic and gated imaging of small organs and body parts including thyroid, parathyroid, bone, selected lymphoscintigraphy and gated cardiac studies.
June 9, 2009 - AngioScore Inc. said today its flagship product, the AngioSculpt Scoring Balloon Catheter, received approval for the interventional treatment of peripheral artery disease from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW/PMDA).
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
June 8, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics introduced its microTEE, reportedly the smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients, which Philips will be showcase at the 20th annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C. and will be available for sale globally this summer.
June 8, 2009 – UltraSPECT announced today the addition of the half-dose imaging feature to the capabilities available on the Xpress.Cardiac, its half-time WBR image reconstruction product. This new feature can minimize radiation exposure to patients, maximizing safety for both patients and staff.
June 8, 2009 - Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc. today said the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for the Option Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) Filter for use in both permanent and retrievable indications. Angiotech holds exclusive worldwide rights to market and distribute the Option IVC Filter, which it obtained in a license agreement with privately held Rex Medical LP.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
June 9, 2009 – Physicians can better predict potentially life-threatening cardiac events with real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography technology, according to a study released at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C.
June 8, 2009 - At the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) June 6-10 in Washington, D.C., Siemens Healthcare (booth 411) is demonstrating a new standard in echocardiography – nonstitched, real-time, full-volume 3D images of the heart acquired in one single heart cycle with the ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system.
June 8, 2009 - Patients unable to undergo open-heart surgery may be candidates for a new nonsurgical aortic valve replacement procedure, according to a study presented at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) being held this week in Washington, D.C..
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
June 8, 2009 - The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation With Diabetes Trial (BARI-2D) is a useful and focused trial that builds on the body of scientific knowledge physicians use to provide the best possible care for diabetic patients with chronic stable angina and to evaluate their treatment options, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) encourages
June 5, 2009 - Utilizing next generation sequencing and the latest advancements in sequence capture, genomic and molecular biology services company SeqWright, is collaborating with Roche Applied Science and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine to identify possible genetic variants associated with dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease of heart muscle.
June 5, 2009 - State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, Texas, recently selected Digisonics DigiNet Pro, a fully-functional, Web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system for its echo, stress echo, nuclear and CT studies.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
June 5, 2009 – This year’s Transcatheter Therapeutics (TCT 2009) conference will offer a Cardiovascular Nurse and Technologist Symposium, Sept, 21-22.
June 5, 2009 - Raydiance Corp. introduced Smart Light MD — a software-controlled ultrafast laser for manufacturing cardiovascular stents and other medical micro-devices.
June 5, 2009 - TomTec launches its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis software as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging solution at the American Society of Echocardiography Congress 2009, June 6-10 in Washington, D.C.