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Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial To Evaluate New Pacing System in MRI Environment

The first patient in the United States has been implanted with the Boston Scientific Corporation ImageReady MR Conditional pacing system in the SAMURAI clinical trial. The study is designed to confirm the safety and effectiveness of the...

Biotronik Iforia is World’s First DF4 ICD/CRT-D Approved for MRI

Biotronik received CE mark for its most advanced ICD/CRT-D (implantable cardioverter defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy device) series. Iforia is the world’s first DF4 ICD/CRT-D series approved for MRI (magnetic resonance imaging...

FDA Committee Recommends Approval of Guerbet’s Macrocyclic, Ionic Gadolinium MRI Contrast Agent

Guerbet announced that the Medical Imaging Drugs Advisory Committee to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted unanimously by votes of 17 to zero to recommend that FDA approve the New Drug Application (NDA) for Dotarem (gadoterate meglum...

Medtronic Announces FDA Approval, Launch of Advisa MRI Pacemaker System

Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of its Advisa DR MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) SureScan pacing system. The Advisa MRI system is Medtronic’s second-generation MR-conditional pacemaker...

MIM Software Showcases Single Platform Viewing Solution
MIM Software Inc. has introduced a new version of MIM Encore that provides a single platform for viewing positron emission tomography (PET), computed...
Siemens Offers New MR Breath-Holding Software
Siemens Healthcare has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the company’s CAIPIRINHA (Controlled Aliasing in Volumetric...
Flywheel power systems, battery backup, medical imaging
A Green Alternative to Medical Imaging Backup Power Systems
When a power outage occurs, MRI equipment can be damaged and accuracy of the scans effected. To mitigate the effects of power interruptions, healthcare...
Boston Scientific Begins Clinical Trial To Evaluate New...
The first patient in the United States has been implanted with the Boston Scientific Corporation ImageReady MR Conditional pacing system in the...
MIM Software Showcases a Single Platform Viewing Solution for PET, CT, MRI, and Nuclear Medicine Exams
June 13, 2013 —  MIM Software Inc. has introduced a new version of MIM Encore that provides a single platform for viewing positron
Siemens Introduces Fully Integrated SPECT/CT
Siemens Healthcare has introduced its xSPECT system that combines the high sensitivity of single-photon emission computed tomography (...
Siemens Introduces Continuous FlowMotion PET/CT
Siemens Healthcare has introduced Biograph mCT Flow, a positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) system that...
eHealthViewer ZF Offers Real-Time Medical Image Collaboration
June 11, 2013 — eHealth Technologies’ eHealthViewer ZF is a zero footprint viewer that enables clinicians, with any secure browser, to...
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Flywheel power systems, battery backup, medical imaging
A Green Alternative to Medical Imaging Backup Power Systems
When a power outage occurs, MRI equipment can be damaged and accuracy of the scans effected. To mitigate the effects of power interruptions, healthcare...
Biotronik Iforia ICD/CRT-D CE-Approval
Biotronik Iforia is World’s First DF4 ICD/CRT-D Approved...
Biotronik received CE mark for its most advanced ICD/CRT-D (implantable cardioverter defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy device) series. Iforia is...
Advisa DR MRI SureScan Pacing System Medtronic Inc. FDA Approval
Medtronic Announces FDA Approval, Launch of Advisa MRI...
Medtronic Inc. announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of its Advisa DR MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) SureScan pacing...
MRI, CT Systems Imaging Transparent Pricing Study
Transparent Pricing Does Not Curb Doctors’ Use of High-Cost...
In a study designed to see if doctors who are told the exact price of expensive medical tests like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in advance would order...

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Less is More — Radiation Exposure Reduction in the EP Lab
This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
Iterative Reconstruction in CT: Understanding and Implementation
Radiation exposure from multidetector CT (MDCT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay and medical publications. Implementation of iterative reconstruction offers radiologists the...
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The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) may have significant impact on healthcare providers and their cardiovascular departments. While the ruling will...

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