Automated aortic calcium scoring on low‐dose chest computed tomography

I Išgum, A Rutten, M Prokop, M Staring, S Klein… - Medical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans provide information about
cardiovascular risk status. These scans are non‐ECG synchronized, thus precise …

[HTML][HTML] Automated coronary artery calcification scoring in non-gated chest CT: agreement and reliability

RAP Takx, PA de Jong, T Leiner, M Oudkerk… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective To determine the agreement and reliability of fully automated coronary artery
calcium (CAC) scoring in a lung cancer screening population. Materials and Methods 1793 …

[HTML][HTML] Calcifications of the thoracic aorta on extended non-contrast-enhanced cardiac CT

D Craiem, G Chironi, ME Casciaro, S Graf, A Simon - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The presence of calcified atherosclerosis in different vascular beds has been
associated with a higher risk of mortality. Thoracic aorta calcium (TAC) can be assessed …

[HTML][HTML] Automatic coronary artery calcium scoring on routine chest computed tomography (CT): comparison of a deep learning algorithm and a dedicated calcium …

C Xu, H Guo, M Xu, M Duan, M Wang… - … Imaging in Medicine …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability and accuracy of automatic
coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and risk classification in non-gated, non-contrast …

Automatic detection of calcifications in the aorta from CT scans of the abdomen1: 3D computer-aided diagnosis

I Isgum, B van Ginneken, M Olree - Academic radiology, 2004 - Elsevier
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Automated detection and quantification of arterial
calcifications can facilitate epidemiologic research and, eventually, the use of full-body …

Automated coronary artery calcification detection on low-dose chest CT images

Y Xie, MD Cham, C Henschke… - Medical Imaging …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Coronary artery calcification (CAC) measurement from low-dose CT images can be used to
assess the risk of coronary artery disease. A fully automatic algorithm to detect and measure …

An evaluation of automatic coronary artery calcium scoring methods with cardiac CT using the orCaScore framework

JM Wolterink, T Leiner, BD De Vos… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The amount of coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a strong and independent
predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. In clinical practice, CAC is manually …

Deep learning for automatic calcium scoring in CT: validation using multiple cardiac CT and chest CT protocols

SGM van Velzen, N Lessmann, BK Velthuis, IEM Bank… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Although several deep learning (DL) calcium scoring methods have achieved
excellent performance for specific CT protocols, their performance in a range of CT …

[HTML][HTML] The future of concurrent automated coronary artery calcium scoring on screening low-dose computed tomography

J Waltz, M Kocher, J Kahn, MK Dirr, JR Burt - Cureus, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) has been extensively validated for lung cancer
screening in selected patient populations. Additionally, the use of gated cardiac CT to …

Performance of artificial intelligence-based coronary artery calcium scoring in non-gated chest CT

J Xu, J Liu, N Guo, L Chen, W Song, D Guo… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the risk category performance of artificial intelligence-based
coronary artery calcium score (AI-CACS) software used in non-gated chest computed …