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.

CT, PET scans show tuberculosis bacteria in 'cured' patients

Researchers examined patients who had previously been diagnosed with and apparently cured of tuberculosis (TB). The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, question just what the term “cured” really means, because many of the individuals had live bacteria in their lungs.

September 19, 2016

Carestream Demonstrates Impressive Advantages of Touch Prime Ultrasound Systems at 2016 SDMS Annual Conference

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 14 — Carestream will demonstrate its CARESTREAM Touch Prime and Touch Prime XE Ultrasound Systems at the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) 2016 conference that begins Sept. 29. These systems currently are available in the United States and a Health Canada license is under review.

September 14, 2016

Siemens introduces teamplay, a cloud-based network for imaging departments across the UK

Siemens Healthineers has launched its new cloud-based network, encouraging connectivity, comparison and collaboration across imaging departments in the UK. 

September 14, 2016

Imaging Scientist and Social Impact Inventor Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ramesh Raskar, founder of the Camera Culture research group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab and associate professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, is the recipient of the 2016 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raskar is the co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including Femto-photography, an ultra-fast imaging camera that can see around corners, low-cost eye-care solutions for the developing world, and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover. Raskar seeks to catalyze change on a massive scale by launching platforms that empower inventors to create solutions to improve lives globally.

September 13, 2016

Dental Imaging Equipment Market to Reach $2.1 Billion in 2016

The global dental imaging equipment market is estimated at US$ 2,088.2 Mn in 2015 and will expand at a moderate CAGR during the forecast period 2016-2024. 

September 12, 2016

Harvard professor named chief of Pfizer’s neuroscience unit

Neurologist and Harvard professor Ole Isacson, MD, is joining Pfizer as senior vice president and the chief scientific officer of its neuroscience research unit. He begins duties on Sept. 16.

September 8, 2016

Carestream’s OnSight 3D Extremity System Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 8 — The CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System that uses cone beam CT (CBCT) technology to capture weight-bearing and other types of extremity exams has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is available for order in the United States.

September 8, 2016

MAGiC: Industry-First, Multi-Contrast MRI Saves on Scan Time

WAUKESHA, WI – September 7, 2016 – Today, GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE) is proud to announce that MAGiC (MAGnetic resonance image Compilation), the industry’s first multi-contrast magnetic resonance (MR) technique, is now 510(k) cleared by the U.S. FDA*. MAGiC, the result of a collaboration with SyntheticMR AB, gives clinicians more data than conventional scanning in a fraction of the time.

September 7, 2016

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The newly approved AI models are designed to improve the detection of pulmonary embolisms and strokes in patients who undergo CT scans.

"I see, at least for the next decade, this being a SPECT and PET world, not one or the other," explained Tim Bateman, MD.

The FDA-approved technology developed by HeartFlow can predict a patient's long-term risk of target vessel failure as well as more invasive treatments performed inside a cath lab. 

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