Cardiac Imaging: Page 19

London team pioneers MRI protocol for pacemaker patients

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new protocol designed to eliminate delays in MRI scans for patients with pacemakers won the Diagnostic Team of the Year award from the BMJ.

May 13, 2018

Cardiac imaging promoted on International Day of Radiology

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiac imaging is taking center stage today to commemorate this year's International Day of Radiology (IDoR 2018), to take place on 8 November.

April 17, 2018

HeartFlow wins innovation designation from NHS England

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow said its FFRct Analysis software has been selected by National Health Service (NHS) England to be part of its Innovation and Technology Payment (ITP) program.

April 10, 2018

Breast cancer therapies: Risk to the heart?

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The risk of death from heart disease in breast cancer patients following radiotherapy or chemotherapy is no higher than it is among the average population, according to a large study by German scientists. Good risk management in hospitals and control screenings at short intervals seem to make up for elevated risks, they added.

April 9, 2018

CT dose comes under close scrutiny in Saudi Arabia

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A comprehensive study of diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in Saudi Arabia has shown that the current levels are comparable with European DRLs, thanks to cutting-edge imaging technology, but patient dose varies between departments depending on scanning mode and protocols used.

April 9, 2018

How to address image artifacts from patient motion

By Thomas Beyer, PhD; Dr. Pascal Paysan; Christoph Kolbitsch, PhD; and Dr. Marc Kachelriess, PhD

At a recent refresher course at ECR 2018, experts reviewed the options for motion management for improved diagnostic accuracy. What are some strategies to employ when using CT for cardiac patients? Or when using PET/CT? The experts reveal all.

April 2, 2018

AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Philip Ward

March 26, 2018

DWI-MRI gathers clinical momentum in cardiac cases

By Philip Ward

Cardiac MRI scans using a diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) protocol have become a feasible and reproducible technique that can depict the presence of myocardial edema in ischemic and inflammatory heart disease, according to researchers from Spain.

March 26, 2018

3D printing can identify device size for LAA occlusion

By Abraham Kim

Determining the best occluder device size necessary to properly seal the left atrial appendage (LAA) before implanting the device may be feasible with the assistance of 3D printing, according to two separate presentations at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

March 12, 2018

Hospitals begin to tap vast potential of 3D printing

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Medical 3D printing services company 3D LifePrints is on the expansion trail. It creates surgical planning models for cardiac, orthopedic, and craniofacial cases, based predominantly on CT and MR images, and it is also focusing on 3D printing of medical device prototypes and surgical tools such as bespoke cutting guides.

March 7, 2018

HeartFlow partners with Imperial College London

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cardiovascular software developer HeartFlow said it has undertaken a collaborative research initiative with Imperial College London involving deep learning and medical imaging.

March 6, 2018

Size matters: Belgians scoop ECR 2018 prize for dose study

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - Body size has an influence on the dose conversion factors of a conventional chest posteroanterior examination for the organs in the field-of-view, except for the thyroid, according to an award-winning Belgian study being presented this week at ECR 2018.

February 27, 2018

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