At the 2017 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting, Philips unveiled the IQon Elite Spectral CT, designed to provide clinicians with increased diagnostic certainty in every scan. The system, a new configuration of the world's first spectral detector-based computed tomography (CT) scanner, debuts a suite of features that will enhance the clinical benefits of the IQon platform to improve diagnostic confidence while enhancing the patient experience, and supporting the needs of emergency/trauma and oncology care.

Siemens Healthineers has launched teamplay Cardio, a new cardiology dashboard application within the Siemens Healthineers Digital Ecosystem. Part of teamplay — the  company’s cloud-based network that enables access to metrics from a facility’s imaging fleet — this new application helps cardiology departments better understand their performance and status. teamplay Cardio uses actionable data to help identify precise starting points for planning and allocating resources to improve patient flow and physician efficiency.

International Conference on Complications in Interventional Radiology (ICCIR)

European Conference on Interventional Oncology (ECIO)

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE)

December 7, 2017 — Stereotaxis Inc. announced it has received regulatory clearance from Health Canada for its e-Contact Module, which provides physicians with a simple-to-interpret indicator of catheter tip-to-tissue contact. The technology was launched in Europe in June and to date has been utilized in more than 1,300 robotic catheter ablation procedures.

Cardiologists at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center compared electrocardiographic findings among National Basketball Association (NBA) athletes with other published athlete groups in a new study. The study builds on prior research that established the first large-scale normative cardiac dataset for basketball players (and athletes of similar size as elite basketball players). Results from the new study demonstrated the criteria used to identify athletes at risk for exercise-triggered sudden cardiac death, known as the International Criteria, find a higher rate of false-positive results among NBA athletes. The results indicate a need for additional sport-specific guidelines to differentiate expected cardiac changes from abnormalities.

December 7, 2017 — The buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries is an unfortunate part of aging. But by studying the genetic makeup of people who maintain clear arteries into old age, researchers led by the University of North Carolina’s (UNC) Jonathan Schisler, Ph.D., have identified a possible genetic basis for coronary artery disease (CAD), as well as potential new opportunities to prevent it.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now