September 1, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will demonstrate its Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) feature, available on the Infinix-i product line at this year’s...
September 1, 2009 – Echocardiography with Doppler is the method of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of prosthetic valves, according to a new guideline document in the September issue of the...
September 1, 2009 – GE Healthcare and 2D/3D/4D imaging company TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH entered into a formal strategic cooperation contract to boost their excellence in echocardiography.
August 26, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare is now shipping its syngo US Workplace 3.5, with ultrasound applications for clinical workflow and patient care for cardiac imaging, general imaging, OB/GYN...
August 21, 2009 – The Cardiovascular Rearch Foundation, the sponsor of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium, will feature a series of featured clinical trials in addition...
August 21, 2009 – TeraRecon Inc. will showcase its Aquarius iNtuition at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium Sept. 21-25, 2009 in San Francisco.
In the pre-clinicial trial Expanding the Versatility of Cardiac PET/CT: Feasibility of Delayed Contrast Enhancement CT for Infarct Detection in a Porcine Model (Holz1, A., et al)*, researchers...
August 18, 2009 - Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) represents a safe, noninvasive modality that frequently helps guide patient management, according to early findings from a multicenter registry...
August 17, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare will showcase cath lab imaging and workflow enhancements with its hybrid Artis zeego system during the 2009 Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual...
August 17, 2009 - SonoSite Inc., a specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, announced that on Aug. 14 it completed the acquisition of CardioDynamics International Corp., a...
August 14, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging will continue to allocate its Mo-99 supply to serve as many people as possible, said the company today in response to the statement issued by AECL...
August 14, 2009 – Philips is currently introducing its Xcelera R3.1 cardiology informatics system, which has new telecardiology capabilities to support clinical workflow and help provide faster...
August 14, 2009 – Unity Health System-Park Ridge in Rochester, N.Y., upgraded its OB-Windows systems with two OBLinks, providing instant, electronic transmission of patient data from ultrasound...
August 13, 2009 - The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed disappointment with reports from the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) that the aging nuclear reactor at Chalk River,...
August 12, 2009 - The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) top medical-device regulator, Daniel Schultz, M.D., director of the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, announced his...
August 12, 2009 – Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for...
August 11, 2009 – Medical Technologies International Inc. (MTI) said yesterday it is partnering with the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) to help clarify and monitor the cardiovascular health of...
August 10, 2009 – The adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) is ramping up in the United States due to President Obama's stimulus plan, designed to promote widespread EMR adoption by 2015,...
August 7, 2009 – Using 64-slice CT coronary angiography can avoid further invasive angiographies, which can add up to significant cost savings, according to a new study in the American Journal of...
August 6, 2009 – Ziosoft Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, and Healthcare Software Systems Ltd. (HSS), a United Kingdom supplier of radiology information...
August 5, 2009 – The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) named Chirapa Puntawangkoon, M.D., and Thananya Boonyasirinant, M.D., the winners of the third annual Young Investigator...
August 4, 2009 - MDS Nordion, a leading provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, has submitted a proposal to Canada’s Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope and Technetium-99m (Tc-...
July 30, 2009 – A new study comparing nephrotoxicity of the iso-osmolar contrast medium iodixanol to low-osmolar contrast media (LOCM) found iodixanol shows no reduction in contrast-induced acute...
July 29, 2009 – The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and a coalition of eight other organizations have issued a white paper urging Congress to take steps to maintain adequate supplies of...
July 28, 2009 – Researchers may be able to predict future severe cardiac events in patients with known, stable coronary artery disease (CAD) using coronary calcium scoring, according to a study...
July 27, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc., a leader in advanced visualization and decision support solutions for medical imaging and a partner of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), and...
July 27, 2009 – Carestream Health Inc. today launched a new Web-based cardiology PACS that offers a single integrated platform for diagnosis, image review and reporting for echocardiography,...
July 23, 2009 – The FDA recently cleared Ziehm Imaging’s latest mobile C-arm, the Ziehm Vision RFD, which is designed for use in endovascular surgery, interventional cardiology and interventional...
July 23, 2009 – Advanced visualization and analysis software company Ziosoft Inc. released the latest version of its 3D thin-client software, adding MR cardiac and CT cardiac function applications...
July 21, 2009 – Total procedures performed in angio labs from 2004 to 2008 grew 20 percent, from 4 million in 2004 to 4.8 million procedures in 2008 for hospitals with 150 plus beds, resulting in...
July 17, 2009 - TeraRecon is highlighting its goal to meet the mission of SCCT’s recently-released reporting guidelines for interpreting and reporting coronary CTA, by augmenting the workflow and...
July 16, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare said today it expanded the capabilities of its IMPAX Cardiovascular (IMPAX CV) with advanced software for cardiology outcomes management from Cedaron Medical.
July 15, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc., a developer of imaging processing technology, decision support and 3D visualization solutions, appointed of Dr. TieCheng “TC” Zhao, Ph.D. as vice president of...
July 13, 2009 - On July 7 the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) started its first cardiovascular trial, ACRIN PA 4005 “Randomized Controlled Study of a Rapid 'Rule Out'...
July 13, 2009 - In a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, researchers found that the use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency...
July 9, 2009 - Volcano Corporation said yesterday it signed a termination agreement with its largest distributor in Japan, Goodman Company Ltd., enabling Volcano to accelerate its transition to a...
July 8, 2009 - Covidien said today Health Canada approved the company’s abbreviated new drug submission (ANDS) for its kit for the preparation of technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi injection.
July 8, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., a leader in advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
July 1, 2009 - Radiologists can effectively lower the patient radiation dose by approximately 44 percent and improve vascular enhancement without deterioration of image quality, while screening...
July 1, 2009 - Advanced visualization and analysis software company Ziosoft Inc. today announced that it has received CE marking approval for its Ziostation 3D thin-client software system.
July 1, 2009 - On Sept. 9, 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) will offer the inaugural Cardiac CT Certificate of Advanced Proficiency (CCT CoAP) Examination open to all physicians who...
June 29, 2009 - The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) commended today the release of a new study demonstrating that use of imaging services in hospitals is associated with lower...
June 19, 2009 - Increased utilization of advanced medical imaging, such as CT and MRI, between 1991 and 2004 improved life expectancy rates by a significant factor, actually greater than the...
June 19, 2009 – Medtronic Inc. today said it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark for the company's second-generation pacemaker designed, tested, approved for use as labeled with MRI machines...
June 18, 2009 - Several definitions have been used to assess rates of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and a study this week in...
June 16, 2009 - MDS Nordion, a leading global provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals used in molecular medicine, and the Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry in Moscow, Russia,...
June 16, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics showed at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference its new BrightView X, a scalable SPECT camera that can be easily upgraded with CT when physicians are ready for...
June 15, 2009 - FluoroPharma Inc. will present phase I data relating to the safety, dosimetry, and pharmacokinetics in human subjects of BFPET, its novel 18-F labeled PET radiotracer for...
June 15, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said it finalized an arrangement with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) to receive the nuclear imaging...
June 12, 2009 - NanoScan Imaging LLC today announced the publication of new data demonstrating the use of its investigational, radio-opaque contrast agent (N1177) to visualize vulnerable plaques...
June 12, 2009 - Covidien will be highlighting at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference in Toronto, June 13-17, its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its kit for the preparation of technetium-...
June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will feature at SNM its recently 510(k) cleared Cardius X-ACT imaging...
June 11, 2009 – PETNET Solutions, a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. that manufactures and distributes radiopharmaceuticals, has signed a supply agreement with Lantheus Medical...
June 10, 2009 – GE Healthcare will demonstrate its latest solution for the assessment of heart failure at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE),...
June 10, 2009 - Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures are one of the most effective treatments for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), but the procedures are not an option for millions...
June 10, 2009 – CardioDynamics yesterday said it entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby SonoSite will acquire the company in exchange for $1.35 per share in cash.
June 10, 2009 - A study conducted by the Michigan Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Consortium monitored radiation doses of patients receiving coronary artery CT scans over a year, and by providing...
June 8, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics introduced its microTEE, reportedly the smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients, which Philips...
June 8, 2009 – UltraSPECT announced today the addition of the half-dose imaging feature to the capabilities available on the Xpress.Cardiac, its half-time WBR image reconstruction product. This...
June 9, 2009 – Physicians can better predict potentially life-threatening cardiac events with real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography technology, according to a study released at the 20th...
June 8, 2009 - At the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) June 6-10 in Washington, D.C., Siemens Healthcare (booth 411) is demonstrating a new...
June 5, 2009 - State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, Texas, recently selected Digisonics DigiNet Pro, a fully-functional, Web-based cardiovascular image management and reporting system for...
June 5, 2009 - TomTec launches its 2D Cardiac Performance Analysis software as part of its CardioArena multimodality imaging solution at the American Society of Echocardiography Congress 2009,...
June 4, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics today introduced its microTEE, the world’s smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients.
June 4, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. said today the company’s leading imaging agent, Cardiolite (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection), was used in a...
June 3, 2009 – UltraSPECT said yesterday it will launch its Attenuation Correction/Scatter Correction (ACSC) package to its nuclear medicine image reconstruction products following the FDA...
June 3, 2009 - The Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) nuclear reactor, which supplies about a third of the world’s medical isotopes, has been shut down since May 14 and is not expected to be back for...
June 1, 2009 - Six months after placement of a vProtect Luminal Shield to treat a "vulnerable plaque,” a follow-up exam revealed reduced plaque burden and reduced stenosis in the target vessel....
May 28, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. has completed patient enrollment of CaRES (Contrast Echocardiography REgistry for Safety Surveillance), the first, multicenter Phase IV observational...
May 28, 2009 – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said it completed patient enrollment of CaRES (Contrast Echocardiography REgistry for Safety Surveillance), the first, multicenter phase IV...
May 26, 2009 – HeartCare Cardiovascular Specialists in Libertyville, Ill. expanded its CVIS capabilities with a new DigiNet Pro system. This system will provide the site with Web access enabling...
