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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Imaging advocates offer guidance after reported spate of SPECT/CT payment denials

The Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging said it’s received “many complaints” from the field pertaining to various commercial payers. 

June 7, 2021
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Raman imaging spots deadly aortic aneurysms: It may save 'a great many lives’

The technique can pinpoint minor changes indicating the development of pre-aneurysmal lesions, researchers explained in Cell Reports Medicine.

May 24, 2021
Covid

‘Good news’: Mild COVID-19 doesn’t appear linked to long-term heart damage

That's according to cardiac MRI data and blood samples taken from front-line healthcare workers, shared recently in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

May 10, 2021
A heart attack is caused when one of the coronary arteries becomes blocked with a clot.

Bone density scans show promise for predicting atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is widely used to screen for osteoporosis and, with further research, may double as a tool to assess ASCVD risk without added cost or radiation exposure.

May 7, 2021
Ultrasound Tech

Any further safety concerns could hinder ultrasound contrast agent delivery, manufacturer warns

North Billerica, Massachusetts-based Lantheus shared its forecast in a quarterly financial report published May 4. 

May 7, 2021

Doctors stuck at imaging crossroads have new tool to guide CAD decision-making

A new AI methodology can help determine if stress testing or CCTA should be used to assess patients with chest pain—a common precursor to coronary artery disease.

April 29, 2021
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Medical imaging isotope producer Shine finalizes merger with fusion technology specialist

With the help of Phoenix's advanced industrial imaging capabilities, the new entity hopes to ramp up its production of molybdenum-99.

April 21, 2021

CT reveals HIV patients living with higher levels of dangerous coronary plaque

For radiologists, the findings suggest CCTA should also include quantifying coronary plaques by subtype, researchers explained in Radiology.

April 20, 2021

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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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