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. 

Medicare, CMS, calls for cancelling or postponing all elective or non-essential medical procedures, test and surgeries due to COVID-19. #COVID19 #SARcov2 #coronavirus #cardiology
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March 20, 2020 — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 18, 2020, that all elective ...

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An interview with Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., FSCAI, chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, executive director of ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

March 16, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document on ...

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Philips Healthcare's new Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology creates real-time 3-D imaging of anatomy and devices inside the body using light, rather than X-rays. FORS uses light traveling through hair-thin fiber optics inside special FORS enabled catheter and guidewires.
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Philips is working on a prototype cath lab angiographic imaging system that might be able to replace the current X-ray ...

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March 5, 2020 — Experts in the medical imaging community have developed a new, landmark consensus document to optimize ...

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News | Cardiac Diagnostics

March 5, 2020 — More than 300 patients have joined the Amyloidosis Patient Registry and it is now available to the ...

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Fears and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus has caused two European medical conferences to postpone their meetings so far in 2020. #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus
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March 3, 2020 — Two sizable European medical conferences in cardiology and radiology were canceled today as fears ...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the FDA clearance of the Micra AV, the world’s smallest pacemaker with atrioventricular (AV) synchrony, topped the news analytics in February 2020 on DAIC magazine. COVID-19 virus image courtesy of CDC.
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March 2, 2020 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) maga ...

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AI vendor Infravision's InferRead CT Pneumonia software uses artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis tp improve the overall efficiency of the radiology department. It is being delayed in China as a high sensitivity detection aid for novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19). #COVID-19 #COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019-nCoV
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February 28, 2020 — New healthcare technologies are being implemented in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID ...

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February 20, 2020 — Synaptive Medical, a leader in robotic surgical visualization, announced today the company has ...

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Cardiac MR, also called cardiac MRI or heart MRI, can offer data above and beyond anatomical imaging.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been described for the past few decades as a futuristic imaging technology that ...

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Rupa Sanghani, M.D., FASNC, director of Rush's nuclear cardiology and stress laboratory, explaining to ASNC 2019 attendees how Rush implemented its program during a tour of its PET-CT suite.
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As hospital imaging departments look to replace aging nuclear scanners with updated technology, many are asking if ...

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February 13, 2020 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared software to assist medical professionals in the ...

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