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. 

Iodine-based CT contrast with ready for scanning with a Canon Aquilion One 320-slice CT system at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in the Chicago suburbs. It is not clear that contrast caused contract induced nephrapathy (CIN), also referred to as acute kidney injury (AKI) or contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CAAKI). Photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Contrast Media | Dave Fornell, Editor

Iodine-based contrast agents used in computed tomography (CT) and catheter-based angiography have been implicated as a ...

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News | CT Angiography (CTA)

May 28, 2019 — New data demonstrated that use of the investigational HeartFlow Planner, a real-time, non-invasive ...

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Physicians use many strategies to better interface with patients and their families to try and explain in non-physician ...

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Technology | Radiation Dose Management

May 23, 2019 — ControlRad Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for ...

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Technology | Stroke

May 21, 2019 – Medical diagnostic artificial intelligence (AI) company MaxQ AI announced that Accipio Ax will begin ...

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Videos | Medical 3-D Printing

This is a sample of the 3-D printed hearts and coronary anatomy models created from patient CT scans to enable ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

This is a walk through of the primary structural heart hybrid cath lab at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Mich. It is ...

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Videos | Heart Valve Technology

A demonstration of how to calculate the neo-left ventricular outflow tract (neo-LVOT) on CT imaging for a transcatheter ...

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360 Photos | CT Angiography (CTA)

This is a 360 degree photo of a Siemens Somatom Force 64-slice, dual-source computed tomography (CT) system installed at ...

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360 Photos | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

This is a dedicated cardiac Siemens 1.5T MRI system installed at the Baylor Scott White Heart Hospital in Dallas. The ...

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News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

May 17, 2019 ― Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute announced the implementation of Philips’ Ingenia Ambition 1.5T MR, the ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

May 17, 2019 — Biopharmaceutical company CellPoint plans to begin patient recruitment for its Phase 2b cardiovascular ...

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Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

This is an example of how the heart's left atrial appendage (LAA) can be evaluated for thrombus and possible ...

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Videos | Stroke

This is an example of a carotid artery reporting module from Change Healthcare at 2018 Radiological Society of North ...

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