CT Angiography (CTA)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for CT systems use a series of X-ray images to create an image volume datasetthatcan slices or manipulated on any plane using advanced visualization software. The section includes computed tomography scanners, CT contrast agents, CT angiography (CTA and CCTA), CT perfusion, spectral CT (dual souce CT), and interative reconstruction dose reduction software. Find more news on cardic CT in the Society of Cariovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) channel page.

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March 16, 2015 — Results from the PROMISE clinical trial confirmed what many cardiologists and radiologists have long ...

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Radiation dose monitoring software analytics offered by Sectra.
Feature | Radiation Dose Management | Dave Fornell
Cardiac imaging accounts for about one-third of the source of X-ray radiation dose for all medical imaging. Expanding ...
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Contrast media injectors. angiography contrast injectors
Feature | Contrast Media Injectors | Raissa Rocha and Dave Fornell
There have been several recent advances with contrast media injector technology, including cutting costs by reducing ...
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As editor of DAIC, I keep a close watch on trends in cardiovascular technology and try to predict what the next big ...

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January 14, 2015 — University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical is now offering a new, non-invasive test for coronary artery ...

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December 15, 2014 — The new version of the Siemens Somatom Definition Edge CT system, which debuted at the Radiological ...
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December 5, 2014 — According to a new long-term study, diabetic patients with even mild coronary artery disease face the ...

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November 26, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today cleared HeartFlow’s FFR-CT (fractional flow ...
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November 26, 2014 — Philips Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its ...
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November 26, 2014 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has published an update of the "SCCT ...

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Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

John Stevens, chairman and CEO of HeartFlow, explains his company's computed tomography (CT)-based fractional flow ...

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Contrast-Enhanced CT Safe for Most Patients. Patient Dave Fornell.
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September 10, 2014 — According to new research performed at the Mayo Clinic, iodine-based contrast material injected ...

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As technology continues to advance for all diagnostic imaging modalities, it sometimes reminds me of a race between ...

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As technology continues to advance for all diagnostic imaging modalities, it sometimes reminds me of a race between ...

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August 27, 2014 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has published the “SCCT Guidelines on the Use ...

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