- 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."
- 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."
"...a faster convention
SPECT system may fall within the 12- to 15-minute range,
while the CardiArc SPECT system takes approximately 3
minutes..."
- 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...."
- 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..."
– 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....."
- AuntMinnie.com, May 31, 2007
(Registration required)
- AuntMinnie.com, July 31, 2006
(Registration required)
– 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...."
-
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..."
"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.
"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.
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, 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, 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. 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...."
