H Hecht, MJ Blaha, DS Berman, K Nasir… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This expert consensus statement summarizes the available data regarding the prognostic value of CAC in the asymptomatic population and its ability to refine individual risk …
Coronary artery calcium is an accurate predictor of cardiovascular events. While it is visible on all computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, this information is not routinely …
Background Although several deep learning (DL) calcium scoring methods have achieved excellent performance for specific CT protocols, their performance in a range of CT …
Heavy smokers undergoing screening with low-dose chest CT are affected by cardiovascular disease as much as by lung cancer. Low-dose chest CT scans acquired in …
Abstract The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) and the Society of Thoracic Radiology (STR) have jointly produced this document. Experts in this subject have …
AT Sandhu, F Rodriguez, S Ngo, BN Patel… - Circulation, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Coronary artery calcium (CAC) can be identified on nongated chest computed tomography (CT) scans, but this finding is not consistently incorporated into care. A deep …
HS Hecht, MJ Blaha, EA Kazerooni, RC Cury… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The goal of CAC-DRS: Coronary Artery Calcium Data and Reporting System is to create a standardized method to communicate findings of CAC scanning on all noncontrast CT …
Background Low-dose chest CT screening for lung cancer has become a standard of care in the United States, in large part because of the results of the National Lung Screening Trial …
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 …