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.

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Photo Gallery of Radiology Technology at RSNA 2021

This gallery includes photos of medical imaging technologies from across the expo floor at the Radiological Society of ...

December 02, 2021

Figure 1. MRI shows late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at the right ventricular attachment (arrow) of a 19-year-old male. Note: this image is for illustrative purposes only and is not associated with the Big Ten study group. Image courtesy of Radiology.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Linked to Heart Inflammation in College Athletes

November 29, 2021 — A small but significant percentage of college athletes with COVID-19 develop myocarditis, a ...

November 29, 2021

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Philips Collaborates With Leading Institutes to Bring Its Breakthrough Spectral CT Imaging into the Interventional Suite

November 28, 2021 — Royal Philips, a leader in health technology, unveiled its vision for interventional medicine by ...

November 28, 2021

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Videos | Radiology Imaging

True Volume TEE, The Next Step in 3-D Imaging

Siemens introduces True volume TEE transducer. This 3-D/4-D 90°x90° TEE solution enables clinically meaningful ...

October 17, 2014

$Cardiac CTA derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves predictive performance of established clinical risk scores and may be used to assess TAVR patient risk during pre-procedure workup and post-procedural surveillance. These images show LAVmax (A and B), LAVmin (C and D), and LAEF using cardiac CTA. LAEF was calculated as (LAVmax-LAVmin)/LAVmax x 100. Given LAVmax of 109 mL and LAVmin of 80 mL, the LAEF was calculated to be 27%. Image courtesy of AJR.$

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Cardiac CTA Parameters Predict Post-TAVR Mortality

October 14, 2021 — Cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) derived left atrium emptying fraction (LAEF) improves ...

October 14, 2021

Cardiac coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam showing different views of the myocardium and the coronary arteries. This was scanned on a Canon Aquilion Prime CT scanner.

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

Trends in Cardiac Imaging Over Past Decade Show Rapid Rise in CT

October 6, 2021 – A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

October 06, 2021

A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade reports that the rate of coronary computed tomography angiography (cCTA) exams by radiologists in hospital outpatient departments increased markedly from 2010 to 2019, suggesting a bright future for the technology.

News | Cardiac Imaging

Study Analyzes a Decade of Cardiac Imaging Trends

September 28, 2021 — A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

September 28, 2021

Doctors say they should be making medical decisions with patients, not insurance carriers and outline principles for noninvasive testing

News | Cardiac Imaging

Cardiovascular Imaging Organizations Denounce Test Substitution by Insurance Companies

September 22, 2021 — Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by ...

September 23, 2021

Researchers studied participants in the Women’s Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study to evaluate the risk of coronary artery disease in breast cancer survivors.

News | Women's Health

Left Breast Radiation Therapy Doubles Heart Disease Risk in Young Women

September 22, 2021 — Radiation therapy is an effective and widely used treatment for breast cancer. While the benefits ...

September 22, 2021

Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, a leading manufacturer of advanced medical X-ray imaging systems, has announced that the Trinias unity edition product line has been awarded a contract from Vizient, Inc., a healthcare performance improvement company, effective Sept. 1, 2021.

News | X-Ray

Shimadzu Receives Vizient Contract for Cardiac and Vascular Interventional Systems and General Radiology Systems

September 17, 2021 — Shimadzu Medical Systems USA, a leading manufacturer of advanced medical X-ray imaging systems, has ...

September 17, 2021

Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm backed by Sequoia India and EDBI, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Us2.v1, a completely automated AI decision support tool for cardiac ultrasound.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

FDA Clears Fully Automated Cardiac Ultrasound Solution to Measure 2D and Doppler

September 14, 2021 – Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm backed by Sequoia India and EDBI, has received U.S. Food and ...

September 14, 2021

Transverse view of as lung CT showing heavy areas of COVID pneumonia in the lungs

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

August 19, 2021 — In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; DOI, Zhaowei Zhu, Jianjun Tang ...

August 19, 2021

Images, or a digital twin mitral valve of a patient, created from cardiac ultrasound that were used to perform a virtual surgical procedure to test how the intervention would impact the patient prior to actually performing the procedure. The right image shows color coding for sheer stresses on the valve leaflets before and after the virtual surgery. The left image shows the model quantitation of leaflet coaptation at peak systole prior to the the virtual surgery.

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging

Development of Computer Generated Virtual Hearts Using Echocardiography

Outside of medicine, computer-generated virtual twins of real machines like cars or airplanes have been used in ...

July 28, 2021

An example of HeartFlow's FFR-CT analysis of blockage severity in a patient's coronary vessels based on a cardiac CT scan.

News | Cardiac Imaging

HeartFlow Becomes Publicly Traded Company With Longview Acquisition Merger

July 15, 2021 — HeartFlow, which has commercialized noninvasive computed tomography derived fractional flow reserve (FFR ...

July 15, 2021

Humana’s new draft Fusion policy outlines coverage determinations for myocardial assessment and the use of PET/CT and SPECT/CT for certain neurologic indications. ASNC has submitted additional feedback on the draft policy.

News | PET-CT

Humana Hears ASNC’s Concerns, Reverses Restrictive PET/CT Coverage Policy

July 13, 2021 — In a recent blog, the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) reported that Humana, one of the ...

July 13, 2021