Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Apr 9, 2025
BACKGROUND: The Coronary Artery Disease-Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS) 2.0 offers standardized guidelines for interpreting coronary artery disease in cardiac CT. Accurate and consistent CAD-RADS 2.0 scoring is crucial for comprehensive disease ...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Feb 22, 2025
BACKGROUND: As a new noninvasive diagnostic technique, computed tomography-derived fraction flow reserve (FFRCT) has been used to identify hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenosis. FFRCT can be calculated using computational fluid dynamic...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Feb 4, 2025
BACKGROUND: Low-cost/no-cost non-contrast CT calcium scoring (CTCS) exams can provide direct evidence of coronary atherosclerosis. In this study, using features from CTCS images, we developed a novel machine learning model to predict obstructive coro...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Jan 9, 2025
BACKGROUND: This study aimed to determine whether artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated assessment of left atrioventricular coupling index (LACI) can provide incremental value above other traditional risk factors for predicting mortality among...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Oct 8, 2024
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study to compare of the image quality of calcified lesions in coronary artery disease between deep learning reconstruction (DLR) and model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) on energy-integrating detector (EID) based ul...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Apr 24, 2024
BACKGROUND: Among patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) on coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA), downstream positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion imaging can be performed to assess the presence of myocardial ischemi...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Apr 24, 2024
INTRODUCTION: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans contain useful information beyond the Agatston CAC score that is not currently reported. We recently reported that artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled cardiac chambers volumetry in CAC scans (AI-CAC™...
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography
Mar 12, 2024
BACKGROUND: ECG-gated cardiac CT is now widely used in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). Deep Learning Image Reconstruction (DLIR) could improve image quality while minimizing the radiation dose.