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.

News | Angiography | October 17, 2018

Shimadzu Medical Systems Teams With Change Healthcare Cardiology

October 17, 2018 — Shimadzu Medical Systems USA and Change Healthcare have entered a partnership through which...

CT Offers Non-Invasive Alternative for Complex Coronary Disease Treatment Planning based on data from the SYNTAX III Trial. The use of FFR-CT in the trial showed better planning for interventional procedures.

CT cffers a non-invasive alternative for complex coronary disease treatment planning based on data from the SYNTAX III Trial.

News | CT Angiography (CTA) | October 16, 2018

CT Offers Non-Invasive Alternative for Coronary Disease Treatment Planning

October 16, 2018 — A new study published in the...

Abdominal Aortic Calcification May Signal Future Heart Attack

Image from computed tomography (CT) colonography shows segmented abdominal aortic calcification measured with semiautomated CT tool on coronal image. Within region of interest over aorta selected by user, tool automatically segments and quantifies aortic calcification (shown in blue).

Image Credit: O’Connor S D, Graffy P M, Zea R, et al. Does nonenhanced CT-based quantification of abdominal aortic calcification outperform the Framingham Risk Score in predicting cardiovascular event sin asymptomatic adults? Radiology doi: 10.1148/radiol.2018180562. Published online Oct. 2, 2018. © RSNA.

News | Computed Tomography (CT) | October 12, 2018

Abdominal Aortic Calcification May Signal Future Heart Attack

October 12, 2018 — Computed...

News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers | October 12, 2018

CORAR Supports Medicare Diagnostic Radiopharmaceutical Payment Equity Act of 2018

October 12, 2018 — The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. (CORAR) — the voice of the...

News | Ultrasound Imaging | October 10, 2018

Canon Medical Launches Healthy Sonographer Program

October 10, 2018 — Canon Medical Systems USA Inc. launched an all-new program designed to help reduce the leading...

Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | October 09, 2018

FDA Clears Magnetom Sola 1.5T MRI From Siemens Healthineers

October 9, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Magnetom Sola, a 1.5 Tesla...

$The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the CathWorks FFRangio angiography imaging derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-angio) technology matched the performance of wire-based FFR measurements. #TCT2018$

The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the CathWorks FFRangio angiography imaging derived fractional flow reserve (FFR-angio) technology matched the performance of wire-based FFR measurements.

News | FFR Technologies | October 04, 2018

FAST-FFR Trial of FFR-angio Technology Meets Primary Endpoint, Exceeded Performance Goals

October 4, 2018 — The late-breaking FAST-FFR Trial demonstrated that the sensitivity and specificity of the...