OBJECTIVE: To investigate performance of 1-mm, sharp kernel, low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) for coronary artery calcium scoring (CACS) using deep learning (DL)-based denoising technique.
BACKGROUND: Deep learning image reconstructions (DLIR) have been recently introduced as an alternative to filtered back projection (FBP) and iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithms for computed tomography (CT) image reconstruction. The aim of this s...
Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987)
Dec 7, 2022
BACKGROUND: To assess low-contrast areas such as plaque and coronary artery stenosis, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) needs to provide images with lower noise without increasing radiation doses.
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
Nov 23, 2022
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a cardiovascular condition with high morbidity and mortality. Intravascular optical coherence tomography (IVOCT) has been considered as an optimal imagining system for the diagnosis and treatment of CAD. Constrained b...
European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Nov 19, 2022
PURPOSE: Although SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is susceptible to artifacts from soft tissue attenuation, most scans are performed without attenuation correction. Deep learning-based attenuation corrected (DLAC) polar maps improved diagnos...
Our aim was to identify and quantify high coronary artery calcium (CAC) with deep learning (DL)-powered CAC scoring (CACS) in oncological patients with known very high CAC (≥ 1000) undergoing 18F-FDG-PET/CT for re-/staging. 100 patients were enrolled...
BACKGROUND: The predictive role of chest radiographs in patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) is underestimated and may benefit from artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA
Oct 28, 2022
BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization reported that cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death worldwide. On average, one person dies of heart disease every 26 min worldwide. Deep learning approaches are characterized by the appropr...
In recent years, software-assisted imaging systems, such as computed tomography, have contributed to the improvement of noninvasive options for the diagnostics of coronary heart disease (CHD). In addition, the possibilities of individual morphologica...