Cardiac Imaging: Page 3

CT plus AI helps predict heart disease in diabetic patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Combining CT results with artificial intelligence (AI) technology helps clinicians assess diabetic patients' coronary artery disease risk, according to a study published on 23 January in Cardiovascular Diabetology.

February 5, 2023

Zurich group shares latest experiences of photon-counting CT

By Kate Madden Yee

Photon-counting CT reduces the amount of contrast needed for coronary CT angiography by 25% -- without impacting image quality. That's the main finding of a Swiss study published on 26 January in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.

January 30, 2023

Blackford and Brainomix partner on AI for stroke care

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software developers Blackford and Brainomix have established an agreement to integrate Brainomix's e-Stroke AI applications into the Blackford Platform.

January 24, 2023

Meet the 18 finalists for the EuroMinnies 2023 awards

By Philip Ward and Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD

Excitement is building in the EuroMinnies, AuntMinnieEurope.com's annual awards scheme. Today we can reveal the list of finalists. In the four "people awards," the eight candidates come from eight different European nations, providing confirmation that talent is spread right across the continent.

January 18, 2023

How can coronary CT angiography improve patient outcomes in CAD?

By Kate Madden Yee

The optimum use of coronary CT angiography can have a positive impact on coronary artery disease (CAD) cases by reducing hospitalizations for heart attacks and mortality rates, U.K. researchers have reported.

January 17, 2023

Pie releases updated version of CAAS Qardia software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch-based Pie Medical Imaging has introduced version 2.0 of its CAAS Qardia echocardiography software platform worldwide.

January 12, 2023

Patient dies during procedure due to x-ray malfunction

By Philip Ward

A 78-year-old man died after an x-ray system crashed during a cardiac catheterization procedure, according to reports in the Israeli media. The cause of the machine's crash is unknown, but it was most likely not a power failure.

December 11, 2022

ICUS launches patient ultrasound contrast assessment app

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) has launched an app for both mobile and desktop devices that helps improve echocardiography workflow and the appropriate use of ultrasound-enhancing agents.

December 11, 2022

Can a more rigorous approach to justification reduce patient deaths?

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Important questions remain unanswered after the death of a 43-year-old Australian woman who underwent a wellness scan: Should she have had the CT exam? Should the anaphylactic reaction have been better managed? What does the case tell us about the justification issue?

November 21, 2022

Not all suspected cases of acute aortic syndrome get vital CT exams

By Kate Madden Yee

Do all patients with suspected acute aortic syndrome receive CT aortography for diagnosis of the condition? Perhaps not, according to a team of New Zealand investigators.

November 20, 2022

Team Edinburgh unveils novel cardiac CT findings

By Kate Madden Yee

Scottish cardiothoracic imaging researchers have reported that quantifying a person's heart plaque using CT coronary angiography may help to determine the type of heart attack the patient is experiencing.

November 2, 2022

Spanish team shows promise of virtual reality in TAVR procedures

By Kate Madden Yee

A research group from Barcelona has reported positive findings about a virtual reality headset that uses information from multidetector CT to help interventional radiologists tailor transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures.

October 30, 2022

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