Cardiac CT

Diagnostic Imaging sat down with medical physicist and CT expert Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, to learn more about the history of CT and its expanding potential in medical imaging.

The approval represents the first major technological advance in CT in nearly a decade.

Patients suspected of having coronary stenoses may benefit from ultra-high-resolution CT, according to a recent study that showed high diagnostic confidence in severely calcified coronary atherosclerotic disease.

Computed tomography (CT) abnormalities are reported among a substantial proportion of patients after hospitalization with COVID-19.

What is causing this child’s esophageal and airway obstructive symptoms?

What most likely represents the imaging finding?

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System does a better job of indicating which patients with acute chest pain could experience adverse outcomes.

Take a quick look at Diagnostic Imaging's Top 5 stories of the week.

Take a quick look at Diagnostic Imaging's Top 5 stories of the week.

HIV-positive individuals experience more coronary plaque even if they have low-to-moderate risk for cardiovascular disease.

Using a deep learning tool slices reading time by nearly 75 percent and makes disease identification easier.

Identification of optimal heart rate supports use of beta blockers when possible.

Using advanced artificial intelligence can give patients a personalized assessment of their risk for significant events, such as heart attack or death.

Using a deep learning algorithm enables providers to screen high-risk patients for both lung cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Take a quick look at Diagnostic Imaging's Top 5 stories of the week.

Patients living with HIV have a two-to-three-fold higher plaque burden than healthy individuals.

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A low-dose CT for lung cancer screening can also predict a five-year cardiovascular disease risk of death when using a deep learning algorithm.

Algorithm is designed to automate heart ventricle measurements.

Dangers of missing one screening mammogram; Rise of cardiac CT and MRI; Strategies to improve financial stability; Plus, Talking to patient about COVID-19 vaccine-related adenopathies.

An automated approach can be useful with patients who have indeterminate transthoracic echocardiograms.

More radiologists are providing CT and MRI services, but these studies still fall behind echocardiography and nuclear medicine.

For better cardiology services, providers must look beyond the existing cardiology PACS.

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Using radiomics to assess impact of unconventional risk factors, including cocaine use and HIV infection, potentially introduces a “brave new world” of precision phenotyping in CAD.

New consensus document pulls from updated evidence and data, answering key questions on use.

Using imaging to screen asymptomatic individuals can cause more potential harm than good, Task Force reiterates.

Thanks to COVID-19, CT was largely in the spotlight this year, but these Top 5 stories show advancements for the modality in other areas, as well.

Here's what to expect this week on Diagnostic Imaging.