Cardiac Imaging

The cardiac imaging channel includes the modalities of computed tomography (CT), cardiac ultrasound (echocardiography), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear imaging (PET and SPECT), and angiography.

Remote programming of cardiac implantable devices is safe for MRI scan
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Remote Programming of Cardiac Implantable Devices is Safe for MRI Scan

May 3, 2022 — More than 60 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed worldwide each year, but imaging ...

Time May 04, 2022
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According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), routine visual ordinal coronary artery calcium (CAC) assessment on all chest CT examinations could identify a large number of patients who might benefit from preventive therapies.
News | Cardiac Imaging
Visual Ordinal Scoring of Coronary Artery Calcium on Chest CT

May 2, 2022 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), routine visual ordinal coronary artery calcium ...

Time May 02, 2022
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Aspirin therapy, as opposed to statin use, for non-obstructive coronary artery disease does not reduce major cardiovascular events, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging.
News | Cardiac Imaging
Aspirin Does Not Cut Risk in Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease

April 28, 2022 — Aspirin therapy, as opposed to statin use, for non-obstructive coronary artery disease does not reduce ...

Time April 28, 2022
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Radiation to the heart during treatment for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events within the first two years following treatment. The higher the cardiac dose exposure, the higher the risk of a cardiac event.
News | Lung Imaging
Simple Changes in Care Reduced Heart Exposure During Lung Cancer Radiation Treatment

April 11, 2022 — Radiation to the heart during treatment for locally advanced lung cancer is associated with an ...

Time April 11, 2022
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GE cardio image
Webinar | Cardiac Imaging
WEBINAR: How Northwell Health System is Getting Ahead with an Enterprise CVIT Solution

Join Dr. Nicholas T. Skipitaris, Western Regional Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology at Northwell Health for a ...

Time March 21, 2022
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The rapidly deployed PICOM365 Cloud solution provides the Huntsville, Texas hospital enterprise imaging workflow for Cardiology including ECG, Radiology including 3D Tomo, and advanced Teleradiology for third party diagnostics.
News | Enterprise Imaging
ScImage Announces Enterprise Cloud Install at Huntsville Memorial Hospital

March 16, 2022 — ScImage, Inc., a leading provider of Cloud-centric enterprise imaging and reporting solutions ...

Time March 16, 2022
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Already used in single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for adult patients, Rapiscan is now approved for use in stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR)
News | SPECT Imaging
GE Healthcare’s Stress Agent Rapiscan Approved for use in Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

February 18, 2022 — GE Healthcare has announced that it has received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) ...

Time February 18, 2022
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Myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) after vaccination is rare, but some cases have been reported after receipt of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
COVID Vax–related Myocarditis May be Milder Than That of Other Causes

February 17, 2022 — While cardiac imaging shows that COVID-19 vaccine–associated myocarditis has a similar pattern as ...

Time February 17, 2022
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Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. – the world leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions – has added to its next-generation POCUS portfolio with the launch of its new, premium Sonosite LX system, featuring the company’s largest clinical image and a monitor that extends, rotates and tilts to enable enhanced, real-time provider collaboration.
News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
FUJIFILM Sonosite Launches Sonosite LX

February 15, 2022 — Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. – a world leader in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) solutions – has added ...

Time February 15, 2022
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COVID-19 vaccine associated myocarditis. Short-axis 1.5T MRI images and ECG findings of a 19-year-old man with myopericarditis who presented with chest pain 3 days following the second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273). Cardiac MRI performed 2 days after symptom onset demonstrates mid wall to subepicardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the basal to mid inferior lateral wall with adjacent pericardial enhancement (A, red arrow), corresponding hyperintensity on T2-weighted imaging (B, orange
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
MRI Sheds Light on COVID Vaccine-Associated Heart Muscle Injury

February 15, 2022 — Vaccine-associated myocarditis shows a similar injury pattern on cardiac MRI compared to other ...

Time February 15, 2022
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With the addition of Pulse Wave Doppler [1], Philips has greatly expanded the utility of its Handheld Ultrasound – Lumify – enabling clinicians to quantify blood flow in a wide range of point-of-care diagnostic applications – including cardiology, vascular, abdominal, urology, obstetrics and gynecology.
News | Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
Philips Expands Ultrasound Portfolio with Handheld POCUS

February 9, 2022 — Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced it has expanded its ultrasound portfolio ...

Time February 09, 2022
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Lee Health’s Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla., recently became the first U.S. healthcare institution to install the Somatom X.ceed, a premium single-source computed tomography scanner from Siemens Healthineers.
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Siemens Healthineers Announces First U.S. Install of Somatom X.ceed Premium Single-source CT Scanner

January 31, 2022 — Lee Health’s Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla., recently became the first U.S. healthcare ...

Time January 31, 2022
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Adult patient case suspect of potential narrowing of the middle cerebral artery, however, a repositioned scan (right) with normal Doppler flow approximating 60 cm/s implies no disease in the artery except for tortuosity.
Feature | Ultrasound Imaging | By Lennard M. Gettz, and Noelle Cutter, Ph.D. Edited by Robert L. Bard, M.D. DABR, FASL
2021 Review: Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Imaging

Since the advent of ultrasound scanning in the 1950s, the global movement to develop and expand its diagnostic features ...

Time January 21, 2022
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Case examples of quantitative plaque analysis on coronary CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET in patients with established coronary artery disease. Hybrid CT angiography and 18F-NaF PET of coronary arteries. (A) A 70-y-old male, who presented with diffused largely noncalcified disease (middle panel in red) in the LAD and demonstrated increased 18F-NaF uptake in the LAD on PET. (B) A 59-y-old male with mild LCX atherosclerosis, who presented with a high noncalcified plaque burden (middle panel in red) on CT angio
News | PET-CT
PET/CT Artificial Intelligence Model Ideal for Predicting Risk of Future Heart Attack

January 12, 2022 — By combining information from two advanced imaging techniques with clinical data, physicians can ...

Time January 12, 2022
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Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain or other organs as well. Fetal MRI, a magnetic resonance imaging procedure that can be performed on the unborn child, can detect these abnormalities at an early stage.
News | Pediatric Imaging
Fetal MRI is a Valuable Adjunct to Ultrasound in Detecting Abnormal Extracardiac Development in Fetuses with Congenital Heart Defects

December 24, 2021 — Newborn babies with heart defects frequently exhibit abnormal extracardiac development of the brain ...

Time December 24, 2021
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Vascular network (red) in healthy heart tissue (left) and in severe Covid-19 (right). Due to faulty reforming of the network as a result of Covid-19, numerous branches, splits and even loops develop in the capillaries, which can be analysed mathematically. Image courtesy of M. Reichardt, P. Møller Jensen, T. Salditt
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Innovative X-ray Imaging Shows COVID-19 Can Cause Vascular Damage to the Heart

December 23, 2021 — An interdisciplinary research team from the University of Göttingen and Hannover Medical School (MHH ...

Time December 23, 2021
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Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
VIDEO: COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes

Jean Jeudy, M.D., professor of radiology and vice chair of informatics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine ...

Time December 14, 2021
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The new X5-1c transducer uses Philips' nSIGHT Plus is a proprietary imaging architecture that touches all aspects of image acquisition and processing, creating images with optimal resolution down to the pixel level, in contrast with conventional systems that form the image line by line. 
News | Cardiac Imaging
Philips Introduces New Transducer Technology, AI-driven Automated Measurements and Remote Access

December 10, 2021 – Philips Healthcare expanded its cardiac ultrasound portfolio with new imaging tools and features to ...

Time December 10, 2021
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Webinar | Cardiac Imaging
WEBINAR: Achieve Clinical Excellence in Your Cardiovascular Imaging Transformation

How can cardiovascular imaging departments leverage best-in-class user experience design to address the challenges of ...

Time December 07, 2021
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DiA Imaging Analysis, a leading provider of advanced AI-based software for ultrasound analysis, was featured in a recent study presented by a team of cardiac physicians from Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine at the American Heart Association meeting.
News | Artificial Intelligence
Mount Sinai Study Validates DiA's Cardiac Ultrasound AI Algorithm

December 7, 2021 — DiA Imaging Analysis, a leading provider of advanced AI-based software for ultrasound analysis, was ...

Time December 07, 2021
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