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Cardiac Science launched its HeartCentrix 6.2 data management product for the physician office to connect Burdick and ...

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September 5, 2008 - Boston’s Brigham & Women’s (B&W) Hospital, a 777-bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School ...

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September 5, 2008 - Digirad Corp. today announced the initial clinical trial of its new SPECT imaging system ...

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Biotronik GmbH launched the Lumax 540 series, which includes implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and a cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), which is used with Biotronik Home Monitoring to enable continuous automatic daily data transmission of the patient’s cardiovascular status via the Internet.

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September 4, 2008 - GE Healthcare's Diagnostic Cardiology Service team prides itself on exceeding the expectations of ...

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September 5, 2008 - The results of the SYNTAX study, a head-to-head comparison between drug-eluting stents (DES) using ...

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September 5, 2008 - GE Healthcare today said it launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ultrasound images with images from other imaging modalities like CT and MR.

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The FDA has cleared Medtronic’s Attain StarFix OTW (over-the-wire) lead (Model 4195), an active fixation left-heart lead for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT).

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The Xcelera R2.2 upgrade is a new version of the Xcelera multimodality cardiology image management, analysis and reporting solution, designed to offer enhanced functionality and greater workflow efficiency.

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he Powerheart AED G3 is designed with Rescue Ready technology that self-checks all main components daily. The device ...

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September 1, 2008 - More than 22 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and most heart failure hospitalizations are due to excessive fluid accumulation in the chest cavity, and new data presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress this week shows Medtronic’s devices equipped with OptiVol Fluid Status Monitoring Alerts may give advance warning of a patients’ worsening c

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A comparison of SPECT scanner photo-multiplier technology vs. the newer CZT detector SPECT technology, showing improvement in image clarity.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | Dave Fornell

If the case went to court for whether positron emission tomography (PET) or single, photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is better suited for myocardial perfusion imaging, experts say the current technology and developments on the horizon would result in a hung jury.

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Boston Scientific launched its Atlantis 018 Peripheral Imaging Catheter, which reportedly brings existing 40MHz coronary ...

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The FDA has approved the LipiScan Coronary Imaging System, an angiography laser scanner by InfraReDx Inc., which is intended to characterize fatty deposits in coronary vessel walls using near infrared diffuse spectroscopy.

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The recently FDA-approved COGNIS CRT-D and the TELIGEN ICD from Boston Scientific are among the smallest and thinnest high-energy devices at 32.5 cc and 31.5 cc respectively, while less than 10 mm thick. Both devices offer extended battery longevity over previous company devices, self-correcting software and improved programming technology.

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