October 28, 2020 — Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the first hospital in the United States to purchase Caption Health ...
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.Â
![Chest X-ray, posteroanterior view, of a 79-year-old man with history of a previous pacemaker, with abandoned right atrial and right ventricular pacing leads on the right side at time of new cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implant on the left side. Arrows indicate a nodular opacity in the right midlung concerning for mass. Find more images of patients in this study in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Patient%20with%20ICD%20and%20leads%20in%20Gupta%20MRI%20Study.jpg?itok=uCi1zWeV)
October 27, 2020 – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations can be safely performed in patients with non-MR ...
October 22, 2020 – In the FORECAST randomized clinical trial, the use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
October 13, 2020 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. FDA 510k clearance for its Ultra Edition package on Vivid cardiovascular ...
![The Philips Lumify point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) system uses an app and a transducer to convert a smartphone into a portable ultrasound system. Philips and GE Healthcare both offer small hand-held systems and are now facing increased competition from new POCUS vendors like Butterfly Network.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Philips_Lumify_POCUS_ICU.jpg?itok=2y-DnSa3)
For all the changes in medicine there are some things that seem resolutely stable. Chief among these is the idea that ...
October 8, 2020 – Butterfly Network Inc. is launching its next-generation Butterfly iQ+ point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) ...
As medical advancements continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in the field of structural heart ...
September 30, 2020 — Siemens Healthineers has introduced a new version of its c.cam dedicated cardiac nuclear medicine ...
The dynamics of our world are changing rapidly. Cardiologists are being challenged to complete documentation in an ...
October 2, 2020 — The new cardiac hybrid operating room (OR) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in London, Ontario ...
Discover the key features of cardiovascular structured reporting that drive adoption, including automated data flow, EHR ...
October 1, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for the SentiAR CommandEP system ...
![The two top DAIC stories in September included the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to perform echocardiograms of COVID-19 patients rather than wheeling in larger systems that are more difficult to sanitize. The second top story was on a new trial for Abbott's bioresorbable stent for below-the-knee (BTK) peripheral artery disease lesions. This is a resumption of bioresorbable stent clinical research since the Absorb stent was taken off the market in 2017.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Top%20Content%20vScan%20and%20Absorb.jpg?itok=q23953zM)
October 1, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...
![The artificial intelligence-driven Caption Guidance software guides point of care ultrasound (POCUS) users to get optimal cardiac ultrasound images. The AI software is an example of a FDA-cleared software that is helping improve imaging, even when used by less experienced users.](/sites/default/files/styles/content_feed_large/public/field/image/Caption_Health_Artificial_Intelligence_POCUS_ultrasound_guidenace_2_0.jpg?itok=9WWM0CQQ)
The number of Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved AI-based algorithms is significant and has grown at a steady ...
Cardiologists need information from multiple sources to make accurate diagnoses and plan interventional therapies. The ...
Ernest Garcia, Ph.D., MASNC, FAHA, endowed professor in cardiac imaging, director of nuclear cardiology R&D laboratory ...
September 25, 2020 — Based on its recent analysis of the global artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiography mark ...
September 25, 2020 — A study out of University Hospitals (UH) found that removing the cost barrier for coronary artery ...