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.

FUJIFILM SonoSite announces iViz in a newly defined high access mobility category

FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc., the disruptive specialist in designing cutting-edge ultrasound tools and world-leading education for access to point-of-care visualization, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for iViz, its newest medical visualization solution.

November 20, 2015

Mobile stroke treatment bends the time and cost curves

The use of a mobile stroke treatment unit has helped the Cleveland Clinic's Cerebrovascular Center speed up time-sensitive treatment while reducing costs. 

November 19, 2015

UCHealth deploys Philips IntelliSpace PACS to optimize its image sharing workflow, driving cost savings and enhancing patient care

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) today announced its collaboration with UCHealth, an integrated delivery network of five hospitals in Colorado and more than 100 ambulatory locations across Colorado, Southern Wyoming, and Western Nebraska, to consolidate and standardize UCHealth’s Electronic Health Records (EHR), voice recognition systems, and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) onto specialized platforms for radiology and cardiology. 

November 18, 2015

Multi-Media Reporting Earns Support in NIH Study

Carestream’s newest native Vue Reporting module delivers the ability to present interactive hyperlinks to critical images and automatic inclusion of quantitative analysis in the form of easy-to-understand comparison tables and charts, which oncologists and referring physicians prefer. 

November 18, 2015

Myocardial scars are often unrecognized by cardiac MRI and clinical evaluation

A population-based cohort study of U.S. adults who did not have cardiovascular disease at baseline found that more than three-quarters of their myocardial scars were unrecognized by electrocardiography, cardiac MRI and clinical evaluation.

November 16, 2015

Barco streams and displays images of minimally invasive surgery in 4K

Healthcare imaging specialist Barco announces the availability of its 4K end-to-end solution for the operating room, comprising a 4K 31” and 58” surgical display and its OR-over-IP management platform for streaming of 4K video and data.

November 16, 2015

Vendor Neutral Archive to Manage Pathology and Radiology Data For Enterprise

St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto, Canada) is conducting a trial of Carestream’s new Clinical Collaboration Platform, which enables providers to identify, manage and share multi-format, multi-domain and multi-modality clinical data to help clinicians make diagnostic and treatment decisions.

November 13, 2015

Parascript AccuDetect® 7.0 Approved by FDA – Expanding Parascript’s Reach

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Parascript® AccuDetect® 7.0 for mammography systems manufactured by General Electric, Philips, Hologic, Fujifilm, Carestream, IMS, and Planmed.

November 12, 2015

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Automated AI-generated measurements combined with annotated CT images can improve treatment planning and help referring physicians and patients better understand their disease, explained Sarah Jane Rinehart, MD, director of cardiac imaging with Charleston Area Medical Center.

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. 

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