UltraSPECT, a leading provider of nuclear medicine (NM) image reconstruction technology that reduces radiopharmaceutical dose and acquisition time, announces today the installation of its proprietary Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR™) software at nearly ten healthcare facilities.

Phase wave velocity (PWV) from the aortic arch obtained with phase-contrast MR imaging may prove a useful tool for determining the risk of cerebrovascular disease. In a study published in the June issue of Radiology, PWV was an independent predictor of subsequent white matter hyperintensity volume. 

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine will study gender differences in how the heart uses and stores fat -- its main energy source -- and how changes in fat metabolism play a role in heart disease, under a new $2 million, 4-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

An experimental cellphone app that transferred echocardiogram (ECG) images from emergency personnel to hospitals proved to be faster and more reliable than emailing images, according to an oral abstract presented May 17 at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research scientific sessions in Baltimore.

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announces the finalists for the 7th Annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award (YIA).  Sponsored by an educational grant from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., the YIA program supports the professional and clinical development of top radiology residents and cardiology fellows within five years of completing a training program.   

Quantifying body fat and other clinical factors in obese patients with diabetes using CT or magnetic resonance (MR) may help physicians detect and manage comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, according to a review published in the May issue of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. But is that enough to justify “one-stop shop” imaging?

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging Education at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, has received the Frank J. McDevitt, D.O., Award for Excellence in Health Policy Research for Physicians.

Hugh Calkins, MD, FHRS, CCDS, was named the president of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) during the 34th Annual Scientific Sessions, held in Denver last week.  Announced during the Presidents’ Reception on Friday, May 10th, Dr. Calkins now serves as the 35th president of HRS, making Anne M. Gillis, MD, FHRS, the immediate past president. Dr. Calkins is currently a Nicholas J. Fortuin Professor of Cardiology and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland.