Toshiba and ViTAL Images Collaborate to Develop Advanced Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging

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Leading diagnostic imaging companies, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. (TAMS), and ViTAL Images, Inc., have teamed up with top cardiologists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to develop advanced noninvasive cardiovascular imaging techniques for early detection of heart disease, the number one killer of Americans. This collaboration aims to improve the effectiveness of high-resolution, multislice coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging, utilizing Toshiba's Aquilion CFX multislice CT system and ViTAL Images' Vitrea 2 visualization and analysis imaging software.

Key Takeaways:

  • Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc., and ViTAL Images, Inc., have collaborated with top cardiologists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine to develop advanced noninvasive cardiovascular imaging techniques.
  • The collaboration focuses on improving the effectiveness of high-resolution, multislice coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging.
  • The new applications enable cardiologists to quickly obtain a better image of the heart and cross-examine the coronary arteries for abnormalities and blockage.
  • The applications also allow cardiologists to better explore the viability of using coronary CTA as a diagnostic alternative to conventional angiography.
  • The collaboration has resulted in the development of coronary CTA imaging applications using Toshiba's Aquilion 16 CFX and Aquilion 32 CFX multislice CT scanners with ViTAL Images' Vitrea 2 visualization and analysis imaging software.
  • The new 3D reconstruction tool makes images of the coronary arteries on the CTA appear more like a conventional angiography, enabling cardiologists to unravel the images of coronary arteries into two planes.
  • The collaboration aims to improve the practice of medicine in the cardiovascular field and has already seen the fruits of their relationship.

Statistics:

  • The collaboration aims to improve the effectiveness of high-resolution, multislice coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) imaging.
  • The new applications enable cardiologists to quickly obtain a better image of the heart and cross-examine the coronary arteries for abnormalities and blockage within minutes.
  • The applications also allow cardiologists to better explore the viability of using coronary CTA as a diagnostic alternative to conventional angiography.
  • The collaboration has resulted in the development of coronary CTA imaging applications using Toshiba's Aquilion 16 CFX and Aquilion 32 CFX multislice CT scanners with ViTAL Images' Vitrea 2 visualization and analysis imaging software.

Sources:

  • Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.
  • ViTAL Images, Inc.
  • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Week
  • NewsRx.com
  • NewsRx.net