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HEARTENING DEVELOPMENTS -
- Enterprise Imaging and Therapeutic Radiology Management,
September 2008  (registration required)

"Vendors are making myocardial SPECT systems more affordable and easier to install, even as new imaging processing software promises reduced acquisition time."

 

 

SPECT for Small Cardio Practices
Can Build Business

- Imaging Economics, August 2008

"In July, CardiArc Ltd, Lubbock, Tex, announced the first clinical installation of its new cardiac SPECT imaging device at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta. The CardiArc SPECT system features rapid scanning time and high-resolution images; it also boasts a footprint so compact it can fit in a standard exam room, making it ideal for cardiology practices."

 

 

CardiArc SPECT System Up for Clinical Trials-

 MedicalImaging, September, 2008


"...a faster convention SPECT system may fall within the 12- to 15-minute range, while the CardiArc SPECT system takes approximately 3 minutes..."

 

 

Emory University Hospital to Evaluate
CardiArc SPECT System

- Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology, August 28, 2007

"The CardiArc system has potential to shorten the time and improve the comfort of SPECT scans for the patient,” observed James R. Galt, Ph.D., principal investigator and director of nuclear medicine physics, “and I am particularly intrigued by the scanner’s simplicity and the design’s focus on resolution, which should result in improved image quality and more accurate diagnoses...."

 

 

Emory to evaluate CardiArc SPECT system
- AuntMinnie.com, August 28, 2007 (Registration required)

"Emory University Hospital in Atlanta will perform evaluations in clinical settings of the design and performance of CardiArc's SPECT system..."

 

 

CardiArc Announces Independent Research Program For New SPECT Imaging System
– Medical News Today, May 31, 2007

"CardiArc, Inc. today announced it has established a research and testing program in which healthcare research institutions will be loaned CardiArc(R) SPECT system devices....."

 

 

CardiArc launches SPECT research program
- AuntMinnie.com, May 31, 2007
(Registration required)

 

 

CardiArc gears up for launch of nuclear cardiology camera
- AuntMinnie.com, July 31, 2006
(Registration required)

 

 

Showcasing compact cardiac SPECT
Medical Imaging, July 11, 2006

"The CardiArc's stationary detector and unique collimation result in a compact, high-performance device that provides very high signal-to-noise ratio images with high lesion contrast...."

 

 

Cardiac SPECT Maintaining Its Niche: A Technology in Evolution
- Health Imaging, May 1, 2006


"Lighter, smaller, better SPECT cameras...The next generation of SPECT cameras will include some diminutive options. In January 2006, the FDA approved CardiArc's CardiArc SPECT camera. The pint-sized SPECT system reinvents the modality..."

Emory University Hospital to Evaluate & Research CardiArc SPECT System

- August 28, 2007

 

"CardiArc, Inc. today announced that researchers at Emory University Hospital will perform evaluations in clinical settings of the design and performance of the company’s CardiArc SPECT system.

 

 

CardiArc Announces Independent Research Program for New SPECT Imaging System

- May 30, 2007

 

"Cleveland Clinic will receive the first commercially manufactured unit, which is expected to be installed in July. Other agreements are in the works and will be announced soon...."

 

 

CardiArc, Inc. Names Manufacturer; VP of Sales & Marketing

– May 14, 2007


"CardiArc, Inc. today announced manufacturing of its new, innovative SPECT system, the CardiArc® scanner, is now underway following an agreement with Creative Technology Services (CTS) of Canton, Michigan...." "The company also announced the appointment of Terry Garner as vice president of sales and marketing.... "

 

 

CardiArc, Ltd. Opens $4 Million Round of Financing - FDA-approved heart scanner headed to manufacturing

- July 31, 2006

 

"CardiArc, Inc. today announced it has opened a final round of financing which will raise $4 million to expand company operations and begin manufacturing its FDA-approved heart imaging system this fall...."

 

 

CardiArc, Ltd. Receives New Patent Allowances - FOVea™ “Edge Effect” Technology Expands Scanners’ View

- May 31, 2006

 

"CardiArc, Inc. today announced it has received additional Notices of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bringing to 30 the number of patents issued or pending surrounding the company’s ultra-compact CardiArc® heart imaging system...."

 

 

CardiArc Ltd. Receives FDA Approval
to Market New Hi-Res Imaging Device

SPECT system scans twice as fast – with X2 resolution – fits any exam room

- January 25, 2006

 

"CardiArc Ltd. today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new cardiac SPECT imaging device which could lead to better cardiac diagnosis and fewer hospitalizations to rule out heart attacks. Physicians will soon have sharper images of blood flow and function of their patients’ hearts – in half the time previously required...."