Managing incidental findings on thoracic CT: mediastinal and cardiovascular findings. A white paper of the ACR incidental findings committee

RF Munden, BW Carter, C Chiles, H MacMahon… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The ACR Incidental Findings Committee presents recommendations for managing
incidentally detected mediastinal and cardiovascular findings found on CT. The Chest …

Advanced imaging in pulmonary hypertension: emerging techniques and applications

F Rengier, C Melzig, T Derlin, AM Marra… - … International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder defined by an increase in
pulmonary arterial pressure which can occur in multiple clinical conditions. Irrespective of …

Comparing algorithms for automated vessel segmentation in computed tomography scans of the lung: the VESSEL12 study

RD Rudyanto, S Kerkstra, EM Van Rikxoort… - Medical image …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The VESSEL12 (VESsel SEgmentation in the Lung) challenge objectively
compares the performance of different algorithms to identify vessels in thoracic computed …

Global weighted LBP based entropy features for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension

A Gudigar, U Raghavendra, T Devasia, K Nayak… - Pattern Recognition …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure.
Echocardiography, or cardiac ultrasound, is a helpful imaging tool to screen for PH …

Automated deep learning analysis for quality improvement of CT pulmonary angiography

LD Hahn, K Hall, T Alebdi, SJ Kligerman… - Radiology: Artificial …, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the first-line imaging test for evaluation of acute
pulmonary emboli. However, diagnostic quality is heterogeneous across institutions and is …

CE-NC-VesselSegNet: Supervised by contrast-enhanced CT images but utilized to segment pulmonary vessels from non-contrast-enhanced CT images

M Wang, S Qi, Y Wu, Y Sun, R Chang, H Pang… - … Signal Processing and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The automatic segmentation of pulmonary vessels from CT images has
important significance. However, accurately annotating pulmonary vessels directly in non …

Automated integer programming based separation of arteries and veins from thoracic CT images

C Payer, M Pienn, Z Bálint, A Shekhovtsov… - Medical image …, 2016 - Elsevier
Automated computer-aided analysis of lung vessels has shown to yield promising results for
non-invasive diagnosis of lung diseases. To detect vascular changes which affect …

Pulmonary arteries segmentation from CT images using PA‐Net with attention module and contour loss

C Yuan, S Song, J Yang, Y Sun, B Yang… - Medical Physics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Pulmonary embolism is a kind of cardiovascular disease that threatens human
life and health. Since pulmonary embolism exists in the pulmonary artery, improving the …

Combined automated 3D volumetry by pulmonary CT angiography and echocardiography for detection of pulmonary hypertension

C Melzig, S Wörz, B Egenlauf, S Partovi, K Rohr… - European …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives To assess the diagnostic accuracy of automated 3D volumetry of central
pulmonary arteries using computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) for …

Magnetic resonance and computed tomography imaging of the structural and functional changes of pulmonary arterial hypertension

ML Schiebler, S Bhalla, J Runo, N Jarjour… - Journal of thoracic …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The current Dana Point Classification system (2009) distinguishes elevation of
pulmonary arterial pressure into pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary …