IntelliSpace Cardiovascular is a webenabled image and information management system that provides sophisticated tools to access, analyse and share cardiovascular images and information anytime, from virtually anywhere. The system serves as a nexus of interoperability that allows all care team members to access data and launch sophisticated clinical applications, like IntelliSpace Portal, or IntelliSpace ECG within a single workspace. Other third party applications can also be accessed, providing a comprehensive view of the patient. The new way information is displayed allows all care team members to view the patient’s history, spanning diagnosis, treatment and therapy. Built-in echocardiography reporting features give cardiologists the ability to identify and eliminate inaccuracies within reports.
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Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, has developed and received CE mark approval for a pediatric version of the company’s disease breathalyser, ReCIVA. The marking extends the scope of breath testing in early stage diagnostics and therapy response to include children and in particular, the difficult to manage group of child asthma patients. Both the adult and pediatric versions of the breathalyzer are now being used in EMBER (East Midlands Breathomics Pathology Node), a
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Telemed’s next step towards the ‘stethoscope of the future’, based on the smartphone-sized MicrUs originally launched at the end of last year and offering ultrasound screening in B, M and B/M modes together with Speckle Reduction Processing and spatial compound imaging, makes its debut at Medica 2015 in D
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Results from the TRAPID-AMI clinical study confirm a novel approach for a more rapid diagnosis of heart attack in patients with acute chest pain. The strategy is based on the cardiac troponin T high-sensitivity test (cTnT-hs) and reduces the observation time needed to rule-in or rule-out a heart attack from 3-6 hours to just 1 hour. It is well established that a fast and reliable diagnosis of heart attack is critical because every hour of delay from the onset of symptoms to treatment increases the mortality risk. Troponin is a heart muscle protein that is released into the blood stream during a heart attack. A limitation of the earlier generations of blood tests was the time required to detect the troponin release, sometimes requiring up to six hours with less sensitive troponin tests. The mortality rate of heart attacks is highest within hours of onset, so an early diagnosis and initiation of treatment greatly impacts outcome and potentially saves lives.
The Elecsys cardiac Troponin T high-sensitivity (cTnT-hs) test from Roche detects cardiac troponin which is the preferred biomarker for the diagnosis of heart attack in clinical practice. In combination with an electrocardiogram (ECG), it has become the gold standard for the diagnosis of heart attack. The high sensitivity of the Roche cTnT-hs assay in conjunction with this novel procedure significantly accelerates "rule-in" and "rule-out" decision-making, thereby maximizing the potential for effective treatment. At the same time, the faster decision-making may help to better manage the emergency room workload and related costs for healthcare systems.
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The recently launched new generation of automated breast ultrasound, Invenia ABUS, shifts traditional ultrasound from hardware- to software-based processing which results in excellent image quality, reproducibility and easy operation. The ABUS also includes intelligent imaging algorithms to help produce better image quality for easier identification of lumps, such as the tissue equalization algorithm, nipple shadow compensation, breast border detection and chest wall detection. Invenia ABUS’s Reverse Curve Transducer is designed to shape a woman’s anatomy and enhances patient comfort during the exam as well as breast coverage. The 15 cm wide filed-of-view, high-frequency transducer automatically creates uniform compression across the entire breast for enhanced anatomical detail and consistent image quality independent of the operator. The ABUS workstation displays 3D volumes and tools for efficient interpretation and analysis.
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