Advanced Visualization

Software used to manipulate or enhance CT and MRI datasets, including MPR, and 3-D (3D) image reconstruction, perfusion imaging, 3-D printing, and procedural planning and procedural navigation.

An example of HeartFlow's FFR-CT assessment, which shows areas of low blood flow based on computation fluid dynamics from a CT scan of the heart. The vendor's new PreRead software will use AI to clearly and reproducibly identify areas of ischemia due to coronary artery occlusion and act as a second set of eyes for emergency rooms evlautaing chest pain patients.

News | FFR Technologies

HeartFlow Files for FDA Review to Evaluate the Coronary Occlusions and Plaque

December 13, 2021 - HeartFlow Inc., the leader in revolutionizing precision heart care, today announced it has submitted ...

December 13, 2021

RealView Imaging Holoscope-i Medical Holographic Imaging System

Feature | Cath Lab

RealView Imaging Receives FDA for Holoscope-i Medical Holographic Imaging System

November 15, 2021 — RealView Imaging Ltd. recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Holoscope-i holographic system ...

November 15, 2021

HeartFlow, Inc., a leader in revolutionizing precision heart care, announced the commencement of the REVEALPLAQUE (A pRospEctiVe, multicEnter study to AnaLyze PLAQUE using CCTA) trial to evaluate HeartFlow’s non-invasive plaque technology, an automated, deep learning-based method for identifying, characterizing and segmenting plaque in the coronary arteries

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

HeartFlow Announces Enrollment of First Two Patients in REVEALPLAQUE Trial

October 20, 2021 — HeartFlow Inc. announced the commencement of the REVEALPLAQUE (A pRospEctiVe, multicEnter study to ...

October 20, 2021

$Cardiac CTA derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves predictive performance of established clinical risk scores and may be used to assess TAVR patient risk during pre-procedure workup and post-procedural surveillance. These images show LAVmax (A and B), LAVmin (C and D), and LAEF using cardiac CTA. LAEF was calculated as (LAVmax-LAVmin)/LAVmax x 100. Given LAVmax of 109 mL and LAVmin of 80 mL, the LAEF was calculated to be 27%. Image courtesy of AJR.$

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Cardiac CTA Parameters Predict Post-TAVR Mortality

October 14, 2021 — Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves ...

October 14, 2021

A comparison between healthy artery (left) and inflamed artery (right) using perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) mapping to detect spatial changes in perivascular fat composition induced by inflammation of the vascular wall caused by high-risk plaques.

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT)

CT Coronary Perivascular Fat Assessment Can Stratify Cardiac Risk Associated With High-Risk Plaques

October 6, 2021 — Data presented during the late-breaking science session at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 20 ...

October 06, 2021

A cardiac scan on the new Siemens Naeotom Alpha. This is the first commercialized photon-counting CT scanner. It gained FDA clearance Sept. 30, 2021. Image by Deutscher Zukunftpreis/Ansgar Pudenz.

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor

First Photon-counting CT System Cleared by the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sept. 30 cleared the world's first photon-counting computed tomography (CT) ...

October 04, 2021

Videos | Cardiovascular Information Systems (CVIS)

VIDEO: Example of Epsilon Strain Imaging Deep Integration With Siemens CVIS

One of the trends in cardiovascular information system (CVIS) and radiology PACS at the Healthcare Information ...

August 31, 2021

An example at HIMSS of deeper third-party software integration in enterprise imaging platforms was Siemens Healthcare showing a new, deep integration with echocardiography strain imaging analysis provider Epsilon Imaging. The integration eliminates the need for a separate login and the Epsilon software is now just a tool option available in the syngo system and it carries over data and images directly into the echo report.

Feature | Information Technology | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Advances in PACS and Cardiology Information Systems at HIMSS 2021

Taking advantage of new technology advances, several radiology PACS, enterprise imaging and cardiovascular information ...

August 20, 2021

Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

VIDEO: Examples of Dynamic Blood Flow Imaging in Cardiac Ultrasound

A new ultrasound imaging technology that may offer novel ways to diagnose and better understand cardiac diseases using ...

August 17, 2021

A comparison of color-flow Doppler cardiac ultrasound showing blood flow, and blood speckle tracking revealing a more detailed and complex understanding of the low. It shows the formation of a vortex that may play a role in future assessments for the efficiency of flow in the heart and vessels. #ASE21 #ASE2021 #Vectorflowimaging

Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Development of Echo Blood Flow Dynamics Imaging

In the past several years, a few cardiac ultrasound vendors have developed new ways to image the intricate flow of ...

August 17, 2021

Schematic illustration of a pre-vascularized stem cell patch having multiple stem cell-laden bio-inks to encorage heart cell regrowth at infarct areas. With permission from Elsevier. Read the original article.Jinah Jang, Reprinted from Biomaterials, Vol 112, Jinah Jang et al., 3D printed complex tissue construct using stem cell-laden decellularized extracellular matrix bioinks for cardiac repair, Pages 264-274, Copyright (2017),

News | Medical 3-D Printing

Bioprinted 3D Cardiac Patches Could Reverse Scar Formation, Promote Myocardial Regeneration After Heart Attacks

July 27, 2021 -- Cardiovascular diseases account for 32% of global deaths. Myocardial infarction, or heart attacks, play ...

July 27, 2021

Images or a digital twin mitral valve of a patient created from cardiac ultrasound that were used to perform a virtual surgical procedure to test how the intervention would impact the patient prior to actually performing the procedure. The right image shows color coding for sheer stresses on the valve leaflets before and after the virtual surgery. The right image shows the model quantitation of leaflet coaptation at peak systole prior to the the virtual surgery. Read the original article in Plos One https:/

Feature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | By Dave Fornell, Editor

Development of Computer Generated Virtual Hearts Using Echocardiography

Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in ...

July 26, 2021

The Clear AI software can help with identification coronary plaque features in CT scans that may cause heart attacks. Cleerly Coronary’s noninvasive, AI-driven approach supports the understanding of plaques using FDA-cleared technologies.

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Canon Medical Partners with Cleerly to Tackle Heart Disease, the Leading Cause of Death

July 16, 2021 — Canon Medical Systems USA is joining forces with Cleerly in a strategic partnership to support simple ...

July 16, 2021

CentraCare completed the first structural heart procedure in the world guided by a new 4-D hologram technology developed by EchoPixel. The augmented reality technology aims to reduce reduce procedure time, improve accuracy of the procedure, and reduce risk of complications.

Feature | Virtual and Augmented Reality

First 4D Hologram Guided Structural Heart Procedure Performed for LAA Occlusion

June 28, 2021 — CentraCare, one of the largest health systems in Minnesota, successfully completed the first structural ...

June 28, 2021

Illustration of how spectral CT can help confirm findings on a conventional CT scan without requiring follow-up imaging, such as a nuclear scan. The conventional CT on the left, and the dual-energy CT on the right confirms an infarct.

Feature | Computed Tomography (CT)

Philips Introduces the new Spectral CT 7500 as Workhorse Scanner With Spectral Data on Every Scan

May 27, 2021 — Philips Healthcare released a workhorse computed tomography (CT) system, the Spectral CT 7500, which has ...

May 27, 2021