Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging channel includes the modalities of computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and angiography. 

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March 26, 2012 – GE Healthcare unveiled two recently U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared angiography systems ...

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March 24, 2012 Coronary angiography is unable to accurately predict the severity of vessel narrowing, suggesting fract ...

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March 26, 2012 - New research shows that the addition of two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences to a common MR ...

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March 26, 2012 — GE Healthcare introduced the 510(k)-pending Discovery CT750 HD FREEdom Edition at the opening of ...

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March 23, 2012 — Improving the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with advanced ultrasound imaging, Toshiba America ...

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March 22, 2012 – Addressing concerns over radiation from cardiac imaging and procedures, the American College of ...

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In the past decade, there has been a major push toward minimally invasive cardiac procedures. In the cath lab ...

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Feature | Kaavya Karunanithi, Frost & Sullivan research analyst

Computer-aided detection (CAD) software constitutes a set of algorithms which, using a pattern-recognition technique ...

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Transcatheter heart valves are viewed as the poster children devices representing the latest in cutting-edge cardiac ...

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Feature | Carter Newton, M.D., FACC

We are at an inflection point with many aspects of medicine, not the least of which concerns choosing the correct tool ...

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Hospitals that have built multimillion-dollar, specialized cardiovascular hybrid operating rooms (ORs) are hoping to ...

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By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor


With increasing concern about radiation dose levels in radiology, I wanted to share my ...

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March 16, 2012 — Epocrates is releasing two new, free mobile device applications for cardiologists during the American ...

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March 16, 2012 – Medistim’s VeriQ system, which uses ultrasound to assess graft blood flow during coronary artery bypass ...

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March 16, 2012 - A technological breakthrough is allowing the University of Michigan Health System to be the first ...

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