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.

New AMA online network connects physicians, health tech companies

Physicians and health tech companies will now be able to connect and share expertise through an online community, announced today by the American Medical Association (AMA).   

October 25, 2017

Predictive risk model found effective to detect lung cancer

A recent study published in the The Lancet suggests a low-dose CT scan for high-risk patients selected from high predictive risk model criteria is more effective in detecting early signs of lung cancer than using criteria similarly used in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).  

October 25, 2017

2 Toronto teens developing innovative MRI techniques

Toronto teens Ben Nashman and Sunrose Billing, who together are the co-founders of the medical imaging company Synex Medical Inc., are determined to one day deliver higher quality images than a standard MRI.  

October 24, 2017

Puerto Rico still in need of imaging technology, supplies

Almost a month after the category five storm Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, just weeks after Hurricane Irma swept the same U.S. territory, doctors on the island are have been left practicing with limited resources in what many say is a "post-apocalyptic" reality.  

October 23, 2017

RSNA to release three new journals in 2019

Come 2019, RSNA will begin publishing three new subspecialty online journals, according to a recent press release. 

October 23, 2017

Revised 2017 MRI guidelines for MS released

In January 2017, groups of neurologists, radiologists, and imaging scientists from North America and Europe met in Newark, New Jersey, to revise and update brain and spinal cord MRI guidelines to diagnosis and monitor multiple sclerosis (MS). On October 11, the official 2017 MRI guidelines were officially released on The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) website.

October 20, 2017

How an MRI could help predict neurological outcomes of cardiac arrest patients

According to an article from Cardiovascular Business, a new study published by Radiology shows that an MRI could help predict the long-term neurological outcomes of cardiac arrest survivors.

October 19, 2017

FUJIFILM debuts new video endoscopy system ELUXEO

From Oct. 13-18, FUJIFILM will be debuting its new innovative video endoscopy system ELUXEO™at the at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the World Congress of Gastroenterology (WCOG) at the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) hosted at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

October 17, 2017

Around the web

Two advanced algorithms—one for CAC scores and another for segmenting cardiac chamber volumes—outperformed radiologists when assessing low-dose chest CT scans. 

"Gen AI can help tackle repetitive tasks and provide insights into massive datasets, saving valuable time," Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said Tuesday. 

SCAI and four other major healthcare organizations signed a joint letter in support of intravascular ultrasound. 

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