Cardiac Imaging: Page 58

FDA clears Philips' live image-guidance tool
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, parent company of Philips Healthcare, announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its EchoNavigator live image-guidance tool.
March 4, 2013
ESC aims to standardize data on cardiac disease
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is creating a task force on cardiovascular disease data standardization so that information from different registries can be compared more usefully.
March 4, 2013
Ultrasound detects fetal heart disease signs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ultrasound has shown that the walls of the aorta are already thickened in babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese, which may explain how these mothers increase their child's risk of subsequent heart disease, according to a study online in the Fetal and Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease of Childhood.
February 26, 2013
AuntMinnieEurope.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
February 25, 2013
Cardiac MR software automatically plans long-axis heart views
By Erik L. Ridley
Cardiac axis localization software can automatically and reliably detect the long-axis views of the heart, offering potential to decrease workload for MR technologists, a global group of researchers told delegates at the recent Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 25, 2013
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VentriPoint offers 3D echocardiography software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Echocardiography technology developer VentriPoint has completed development of a software package for 3D echocardiography studies.
February 21, 2013
Study: Use CCTA 1st for lower-risk chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
Choosing cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) first to assess chest pain is more cost-effective than initial stress myocardial perfusion cardiac MR for all but the highest-risk patients, according to a presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 20, 2013
U.K. regional trauma center acquires Siemens CT system
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has announced it has installed a Somatom Definition Flash CT system at Musgrove Park Hospital of the Taunton and Somerset National Health Service Foundation Trust.
February 18, 2013
ESC warns of cardiovascular disease risk in Persian Gulf region
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) warns of a coming cardiovascular disease epidemic in the Persian Gulf region and will highlight preventive treatment at the forthcoming Saudi Heart Association conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
February 12, 2013
It's time to curb costs and streamline care, Belgian expert urges
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists need to streamline the care they provide to save money and maximize the value of their images -- or else others will do it for them, according to Dr. Frank Rademakers, PhD, in a keynote lecture at the recent 2013 Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 11, 2013
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Study shows PiB-PET detects amyloid plaque in heart
By Wayne Forrest
Swedish researchers are expanding the use of PET imaging with carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) to cardiac amyloidosis, confirming the biomarker's ability to detect amyloid plaque deposits in the heart in a first-of-its-kind study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 6, 2013
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Les turf wars? Absolument pas!
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The merits and achievements of the collaboration between imaging and cardiology in France will come under the spotlight again when the meeting of the societies of radiology and cardiology takes place in Paris on 14 and 15 February.
February 5, 2013
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