Cardiac Imaging

While cardiac ultrasound is the widely used imaging modality for heart assessments, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and nuclear imaging are also used and are often complimentary, each offering specific details about the heart other modalities cannot. For this reason the clinical question being asked often determines the imaging test that will be used.

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Merge, Biotronics3D combine technologies

Merge Healthcare has added three Biotronics3D applications to its eFilm eCommerce channel: Diagnostic 3D, Vessel Review and Colon Review.

Ziosoft signs French reseller

Ziosoft, a provider of advanced visualization and analysis software, has signed an agreement with Montreuil, France-based RIS/PACS provider Global Imaging Online to distribute 3Dthin-client software solutions in France.

TCT: Stent reps in cath lab influence stent selectionshould they be kicked out?

SAN FRANCISCOWhen stent manufacturers send their representatives to the cath lab, their presence can influence the interventionalists choice of stent, according to a study presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference.

Medical Imaging Radiation Exposure: Where We Need to Go

A NEJM study generating a lot of buzz reported substantial doses of ionizing radiation exposure in patients undergoing medical imaging exams. While researchers found high cumulative effective doses more frequently in older adults, rates for high and very high doses were not trivial in younger adults with more than 30 percent of men and 40 percent of women who received doses exceeding 20 mSv per year being under the age of 50 years.SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) topped the list of the 20 procedures with the largest contribution to the annual cumulative effective dose from medical imaging procedures (22 percent). The average dose per person for MPI was estimated at 15.6 mSv.

New PET & SPECT Tracers Portend to Radically Change Practice

Move over ischemia, the future for nuclear cardiology could include SPECT imaging of heart failure patients to determine if they are at risk of sudden cardiac death and should receive an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).

MRG: Cardiology IT market ignited by stimulus package

The adoption of EMRs is ramping up in the United States due to President Barack Obamas stimulus plan, requiring EMR adoption by 2015, an August report from market research firm Millennium Research Group (MRG) showed. The report also found that hospitals and clinics are already focusing their attention on implementing EMR systems to capitalize on funding, and cardiology will be a large venue for IT adoption.

Vital Images snags Agfa CTO Akyuz

Vital Images, a provider of enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, has named Erkan Akyuz executive vice president of engineering.

Ziosoft, Health Software Systems ink U.K. reseller deal

RIS supplier Healthcare Software Systems has signed an agreement to distribute advanced visualization provider Ziosoft's 3D thin-client software solutions in the United Kingdom.

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