Cardiac Imaging: Page 90

Siemens adds dual-source CT install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has placed several of its imaging systems at the Wellington Hospital in North London, U.K.
April 13, 2008
TomTec enters cardiac PACS market
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
TomTec Imaging Systems of Munich, Germany, is planning to enter the market for cardiology PACS software with the launch of a product called CardioArena later this year.
March 26, 2008
Philips to buy cardiac IT firm
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, has signed a deal to buy Tomcat Systems, a developer of cardiovascular information systems software based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
March 25, 2008
Obese patients challenge efficacy of cardiac CTA
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Coronary CT angiography (CTA) is proving useful for evaluating most patients with suspected coronary artery disease, particularly since the introduction of 64-slice scanners. But information about CTA's performance in certain subpopulations, such as obese patients, is lacking. Researchers from Belgium studied whether coronary CTA was useful in this patient population, and presented their findings at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 10, 2008
Prospective gating drops cardiac CT radiation dose
By Brian Casey
VIENNA - Prospective gating has emerged as a promising method for reducing radiation dose in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies. Monday at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Italian researchers confirmed previous results in using prospective gating to reduce dose to as little as 2.8 mSv per heart study, while a German group discussed its effort to further refine prospective gating by making it more accurate.
March 9, 2008
Zonare debuts version 3.5 of z.one at ECR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has released version 3.5 of its z.one scanner platform at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 8, 2008
Dose studies delve into coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - At the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on Saturday, researchers presented a pair of studies that examined the radiation dose of coronary CT angiography (CTA). The first compared the dose of 64-slice CT to that of dual-source CT, and the other examined coronary CTA dose data from a multicenter trial.
March 7, 2008
Automated patient-based contrast application cuts CTA contrast volume, risk
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - A work-in-progress application that bases coronary CT angiography (CTA) contrast dose and timing on a patient's individual cardiac output significantly reduces contrast media use and, by extension, the risk of nephropathy, according to a study presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 6, 2008
Dual-source CT edges into cardiac SPECT turf
By Eric Barnes
U.S. researchers will use this week's European Congress of Radiology in Vienna to present research that shows dual-source CT making inroads into cardiac functional imaging, an area currently dominated by SPECT. The study moves dual-source coronary CT angiography closer to the holy grail of cardiac imaging -- a test that performs both morphological and functional analysis in a single scan.
March 5, 2008
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Philips to head heart disease project
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Royal Philips Electronics, the parent company of Philips Healthcare of Andover, MA, will lead a European Union-funded research project to improve the care of heart patients with telemonitoring technology, the company reported.
February 20, 2008
Barco receives grant for new software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Scottish development agency Scottish Enterprise has awarded image display and advanced visualization firm Barco a grant for 1 million pounds ($1.96 million U.S.) to develop new visualization software at its Edinburgh R&D site.
January 15, 2008
Coronary calcification predicts future cardiac events in asymptomatic subjects
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 15 - The determination of coronary calcifications may help identify asymptomatic patients at risk for future MI or cardiac death, according to findings published in the January issue of the American Heart Journal. The reachers used electron beam CT to determine coronary calcifications, and calculated the Agatston score for quantification of coronary calcifications.
January 14, 2008
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