An advanced concept in vascular imaging will be up and running in late October at the University of California, San Francisco when its state-of-the-art Philips MR interventional suite is completed. The modalities will be installed in adjacent More »
Vital Images has received 510(k) FDA clearance for a new option to its VScore product that allows the software to be used with helical CT scanners made by GE Medical Systems, potentially opening a much larger market for coronary artery calcium More »
A conservative consensus statement on the use of electron- beam CT to image coronary calcium does not appear to be quelling interest in the technology. The device’s sole manufacturer expects sales to double this year, even as debate around the More »
MRI coil developer Surgi-Vision has added a second member to its family of miniature, minimally invasive MRI probes with FDA clearance of an endo- esophageal device, called Stylet. In the wake of this clearance, the Columbia, MD, company has begun More »
Contrast agent developer Epix Medical hopes to change the way clinicians treat cardiovascular disease. The company has announced that it is developing EP-862, an MRI imaging agent designed to detect blood clots. Although Epix has not yet begun human More »
SonoCT combines data from multiple angles simultaneouslyUltrasound images are inherently filled with artifacts that compromise image quality. A new technology, to be unveiled this week by ATL Ultrasound, promises to clean up these artifacts, More »
System offers new blood visualization capabilitiesBlood is seldom viewed directly by radiologists. Contrast media block x-rays, creating shadow images of blood vessels on arteriograms, the gold standard for evaluating vascular pathology. More »
Coils could put MRI on even footing with cardiac cathReal-time images of the heart and surrounding vasculature, at resolutions down to 100 microns, could be possible with a new breed of radio-frequency coils under development at a Columbia, MD, More »
HP veteran Magnin comes aboard as firm gets fundingBusiness acumen and engineering excellence have joined forces with the goal of making optical coherence tomography (OCT) a mainstream imaging modality. The effort is already paying dividends and More »
