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. 

Figure 1: A computed tomography angiography (CTA) study performed for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning.  Interventional imagers created and interpret these images as part of the heart team.
Feature | Structural Heart | Nadeen N. Faza, M.D., Dee Dee Wang, M.D., Joao Cavalcante, M.D., Andrew D. Choi, M.D., Jeffrey B. Geske, M.D., and Stephen H. Little, M.D.
Recent months have signaled a new and exciting era in the dynamic world of structural heart disease (SHD). The COAPT ...
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News | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices (CRT)

April 18, 2019 – Biotronik announced the European market release of what it calls the world’s smallest implantable ...

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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

Paul Chang, M.D., professor of radiology, vice chair of radiology informatics and medical director for enterprise ...

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News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

April 16, 2019 — DiA Imaging Analysis has partnered with the Italian healthcare IT company Ebit (Esaote Group), to offer ...

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Blog | Nuclear Imaging

This week, cardiologists learned for the first time they have been examining black holes for decades and did not know it ...

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Technology | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

April 9, 2019 — DiA Imaging Analysis announced the launch of LVivo SAX, a cardiac analysis tool that helps clinicians ...

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 The ScImage cloud-based PICOM365 enterprise cardiology is one of the newer generation echo reporting solutions that offers several ways to streamline workflow.
Feature | Cardiovascular Ultrasound | Dave Fornell, Editor

Echocardiography reporting systems are usually integrated with, or offered as an add-on module for a cardiovascular ...

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Blog | Awards DAIC Has Earned

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) was recently recognized as a finalist in the Jesse H. Neal Awards for ...

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Technology | Radiation Dose Management

April 4, 2019 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Omega Medical Imaging 510(k) clearance to offer ...

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News | Advanced Visualization

April 4, 2019 — Increasing demand for innovative diagnostic techniques, neurological disorders and increasing disease ...

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Technology | Virtual and Augmented Reality

April 2, 2019 — Medical imaging and visualization company Medivis announced the launch of AnatomyX, its augmented ...

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How to reduce radiation dose in cardiac CT.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor
April 1, 2019 — Here is a checklist of dose-sparing practices for coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) ...
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All major vendors offering advanced visualization software now offer structural heart planning. This is an example of GE Healthcare's Valve Assist software being used to determine the best location of a transseptal puncture to deliver a left atrial appendage (LAA) occluder.
Feature | Structural Heart | Jeff Zagoudis
Structural heart interventions represent one of the fastest growing segments of cardiology, as the number of devices to ...
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SyncVision iFR Co-registration from Philips Healthcare maps pressure readings onto angiogram. Results from an international study presented at ACC 2019 indicates pressure readings obtained using iFR (instantaneous wave-free ratio, also referred to as instant wave-free ratio or instant flow reserve) in coronary arteries may localize stenoses that remain after interventions. FFR in the cath lab.
Feature | ACC | Greg Freiherr, Contributing Editor
The fingerprints of value-added medicine were all over products and works-in-progress on the exhibit floor of the annual ...
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