Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided stent implantation produced better clinical outcomes for heart patients compared to a conventional angiography-guided method, said researchers this week at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) meeting in San Diego, California.
Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit have successfully performed the country’s first implantation of the Neovasc Reducer—a stainless steel, hourglass-shaped heart mesh designed to alleviate difficult angina—the hospital announced in a statement Sept. 26.
The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program is seeking information on the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development Strategic Plan.
If the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) amends the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act of 1994, Ayurvedic doctors could have the ability to utilize sonography on their patients, provoking anger from radiologists in India.
A deep learning-based automatic detection algorithm (DLAD) detected malignant pulmonary nodules on chest x-rays better than radiologists, according to a Sept. 25 study in Radiology.
Researchers see value in using contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) to screen women at intermediate risk who have dense breast tissue, according to research published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
Courtesy of the World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC).
The World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) has awarded Robert Gillies, PhD, the 2018 Gold Medal Award to honor his lifetime of research in cancer molecular imaging and cancer biology, according to a WMIS press release.
With additional testing for nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers effectively diagnosed microvascular and/or vasospastic angina—as well as non-cardiac related chest pain—and used that information to guide therapy decisions and significantly improve angina and quality-of-life outcomes.
An electronic health record (EHR) alert was able to effectively screen for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in epilepsy patients and refer them for sleep studies to better diagnose their disorders.
