Cardiovascular Radiology: Page 22

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
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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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Is CT or MR perfusion better for diagnosing CAD?
By Abraham Kim
Recent advances in scanner technology have made the use of CT stress myocardial perfusion imaging feasible. Just how well it matches up to MR perfusion in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) is the central question of a German/U.S. study led by Dr. Marc Dewey from Berlin.
February 14, 2018
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Machine learning can help assess atherosclerosis
By Erik L. Ridley
Machine-learning techniques analyze imaging measurements to automatically stratify patients by the level of atherosclerotic burden, offering the potential of personalized prediction of disease progression and more effective treatment for individual patients, according to researchers from Italy.
February 6, 2018
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Rapid MRA exam could help claustrophobic patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new, six-minute MR angiography (MRA) procedure to scan blood vessels offers an alternative to claustrophobic patients who can't tolerate a conventional exam, which can take 30 to 60 minutes, according to research presented at the CMR 2018 meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
February 3, 2018
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MRI assesses effect of crash diets on the heart
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers using MRI have shown that very low calorie diets (600 to 800 calories per day) can cause a transient deterioration in heart function, according to research presented at the CMR 2018 meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
February 2, 2018
Bristol BRC to display 3D-printed heart art installation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K.'s National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Center (BRC) will launch a multimedia art exhibit centered on 3D-printed heart models and medical soundscapes on 1 February.
January 29, 2018
Imricor completes enrollment for atrial flutter study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Interventional MRI technology developer Imricor Medical Systems has completed patient enrollment for a clinical study to evaluate its Vision-MR ablation catheter for treating atrial flutter under real-time MRI guidance.
January 22, 2018
PET/MRI proves value in cardiac sarcoidosis detection
By Wayne Forrest
U.K. researchers are recommending the use of PET/MRI to assess suspected cases of cardiac sarcoidosis, with late gadolinium enhancement and FDG uptake as the key indicators of disease, according to a study published online on 8 January in the European Heart Journal.
January 22, 2018
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3D printing technique lowers cost of modeling stenosis
By Abraham Kim
Radiologists can plan and simulate vascular procedures on patient-specific and cost-effective 3D-printed stenosis models by using a new technique developed in Basel, Switzerland. Researchers generated stenotic vessel replicas at a more affordable price than what's currently available.
January 15, 2018
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SCOT-HEART: CCTA reveals significant noncardiac findings
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Clinically significant noncardiac findings arise in a tenth of patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA), according to a substudy of the Scottish CT of the heart (SCOT-HEART) trial published online on 2 January in European Radiology.
January 15, 2018
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