Highlights 2024.

Journal: Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging
Published Date: Jun 1, 2025

Abstract

publishes research, technical developments, and reviews related to cardiac, vascular, and thoracic imaging. The current review article, led by the trainee editorial board, highlights the most impactful articles published in the journal between November 2023 and October 2024. The review encompasses various aspects of cardiac, vascular, and thoracic imaging related to coronary artery disease, cardiac MRI, valvular imaging, congenital and inherited heart diseases, thoracic imaging, lung cancer, artificial intelligence, and health services research. Key highlights include the role of CT fractional flow reserve analysis to guide patient management, the role of MRI elastography in identifying age-related myocardial stiffness associated with increased risk of heart failure, review of MRI in patients with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices and fractured or abandoned leads, imaging of mitral annular disjunction, specificity of the Lung Imaging Reporting and Data System version 2022 for detecting malignant airway nodules, and a radiomics-based reinforcement learning model to analyze serial low-dose CT scans in lung cancer screening. Ongoing research and future directions include artificial intelligence tools for applications such as plaque quantification using coronary CT angiography and growing understanding of the interconnectedness of environmental sustainability and cardiovascular imaging. CT, MRI, CT-Coronary Angiography, Cardiac, Pulmonary, Coronary Arteries, Heart, Lung, Mediastinum, Mitral Valve, Aortic Valve, Artificial Intelligence © RSNA, 2025.

Authors

  • Roberta Catania
    Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 N St. Clair St, Ste 800, Chicago, IL 60611.
  • Aprateem Mukherjee
    Department of Cardiovascular Radiology & Endovascular Interventions, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
  • Jordan H Chamberlin
    Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, 25 Courtenay Drive Room 2221 ART, Charleston, SC 29425.
  • Francisco Calle
    Department of Radiology, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
  • Preethi Philomina
    Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India.
  • Domenico Mastrodicasa
    Division of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Ashley River Tower, 25 Courtenay Dr, Charleston, SC 29425-2260 (S.S.M., D.M., M.v.A., C.N.D.C., R.R.B., C.T., A.V.S., A.M.F., B.E.J., L.P.G., U.J.S.); Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (S.S.M., T.J.V.); Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford, Calif (D.M.); Division of Cardiothoracic Imaging, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga (C.N.D.C.); Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (R.R.B.); Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Heart Center Munich-Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany (C.T.); Department of Cardiology, Munich University Clinic, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany (C.T.); Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Malvern, Pa (P.S.); and Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (A.J.M.).
  • Bradley D Allen
    Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics (J.T.P.) and Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine (P.v.O.), Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location AMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Radiology (B.D.A., J.C.C., M.M.), Department of Medicine-Cardiology (R.O.B., L.C.), and Department of Biomedical Engineering (M.M.), Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill; and Department of Radiology & Bioengineering, Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, Colo (A.J.B.).
  • Dominika Suchá
    Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CX, Netherlands.
  • Suhny Abbara
    Department of Radiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390-9316, USA.
  • Kate Hanneman

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