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.ย 

Feature | Mladen I. Vidovich, M.D, FACC, FSCAI

Radial artery occlusion rate during transradial access procedures is strongly related to sheath and catheter size ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Two big advances in cardiac advanced visualization software were highlighted in December at the 2010 Radiological ...

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Over the last 10 years, hospitals have phased out analog image intensifiers for flat-panel, digital detector angiography ...

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Feature | Dennis Sarabi, M.D., Ph.D., FACC

Computed tomography (CT) technology has developed tremendously in the past 30 years. Significant improvements in ...

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Feature | Jim Katzaroff

Much of nuclear imaging depends on a steady supply of an isotope called molybdenum-99 (Mo-99). A byproduct of ...

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March 7, 2011 โ€“ Last week Medtronic Inc. cancelled its five contracts with Novation LLC, one of the largest U.S ...

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March 4, 2011 โ€“ A new generation of a mobile C-arm has been launched, offering outstanding imaging and a liquid ...

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March 4, 2011 โ€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared two new magnetic resonance (MR) ...

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February 28, 2011 โ€“ At the National Institutes of Health (NIH) summit on managing radiation dose in computerized ...

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February 25, 2011 โ€“ A new upgrade program will give customers a cost-effective way to access the latest magnetic ...

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February 21, 2011 โ€“ A cardiac computed tomography (CT) report engine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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February 21, 2011 โ€“ Scottsdale Healthcare Shea Medical Center in Arizona is the first hospital in the ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Computed tomography (CT) offers a very important, noninvasive diagnostic tool, but the price of high image quality ...

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February 18, 2011 โ€“ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared an ultrasound software tool to measure the ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Healthcare IT vendors offer a variety of cardiovascular information systems (CVIS), picture archiving and ...

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