Vessel-specific reliability of artificial intelligence-based coronary artery calcium scoring on non-ECG-gated chest CT: a comparative study with ECG-gated cardiac CT.

Journal: Clinical imaging
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Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the performance of artificial intelligence (AI)-based coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) on non-electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated chest CT, using manual quantification as the reference standard, while characterizing per-vessel reliability and clinical risk classification impacts.

Authors

  • Jing Zhang
    MOEMIL Laboratory, School of Optoelectronic Information, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
  • Kefu Liu
  • Chenyang You
    Nanjing Medical University, No. 101, Longmian Road, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 211166, China.
  • Jingjing Gong
    Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suzhou, China.