Cardiac Imaging: Page 58

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

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

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

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

Flat growth likely for interventional cardiology market

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European interventional cardiology market is expected to remain flat through 2017, with a projected value of about 740 million euros ($1 billion U.S.), according to the Toronto-based market research firm Millennium Research Group.

February 4, 2013

Special CT, MR protocols fare well in spotting significant CAD

By Eric Barnes

A multidetector-row CT protocol that comprises coronary CT angiography and stress-rest perfusion delivers equivalent results to a cardiac MRI myocardial perfusion protocol for detecting functionally significant coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

January 30, 2013

Virtual heart project holds great promise in atrial fibrillation

By Frances Rylands-Monk

A joint U.K. and New Zealand initiative to study cardiac defects through the use of a virtual 3D heart model offers the potential of better diagnosis and interventional treatment of cases of atrial fibrillation.

January 29, 2013

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