July 20, 2010 – New dual source CT technology allows a radiation dose of as low as one millisievert (mSv) for ...
CT Angiography (CTA)
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for CT systems use a series of X-ray images to create an image volume datasetthatcan slices or manipulated on any plane using advanced visualization software. The section includes computed tomography scanners, CT contrast agents, CT angiography (CTA and CCTA), CT perfusion, spectral CT (dual souce CT), and interative reconstruction dose reduction software. Find more news on cardic CT in the Society of Cariovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) channel page.
Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell
In this era of financial cost cutting, questions are raised over the true need for 256- or 320-slice computed tomography ...
July 20, 2010
May 17, 2010 – When patients present with chest pain or other high-risk symptoms of heart problems, doctors ...
May 17, 2010
Feature | Cardiac Imaging | By Carter Newton, M.D., FACC, assistant professor of radiology and cardiology, University of Arizona, Tucson
(This article was updated with links at the bottom for more recent information in April 2017)
The importance of ...
May 11, 2010May 4, 2010 — Including a coronary artery calcium score in a risk assessment for future heart disease events — ...
May 04, 2010
March 1, 2010 - To meet the growing clinical demand to lower radiation dose during cardiac computed tomography (CT ...
March 01, 2010
Offer fast speed at the lowest possible dose for cardiac applications, the SOMATOM Definition Flash dual source ...
February 25, 2010
February 10, 2010 – At ACC 2010, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will feature software upgrades for its ...
February 10, 2010At the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2010, Philips Healthcare will focus on the full spectrum of cardiology ...
February 08, 2010Philips Healthcare's CT systems use the iDose application that enables clinicians to reduce X-ray radiation dose ...
February 08, 2010
Feature | Dave Fornell
The debate over healthcare reform has raised many issues as to why costs have risen so much in recent years ...
January 22, 2010
December 8, 2009 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued recommendations to lower radiation ...
December 08, 2009
Feature | Dave Fornell
With new CPT reimbursement codes for cardiac computed tomography (CT) starting in January 2010, there will likely ...
November 18, 2009
November 18, 2009 – Utilizing newer cardiac computed tomography (CT) machines to find plaque and blockages in the ...
November 18, 2009
CardIQ Xpress Elite computed tomography angiography analysis software allows more speed and information so users ...
November 03, 2009