Value-added opportunistic CT screening: state of the art

PJ Pickhardt - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Opportunistic CT screening leverages robust imaging data embedded within abdominal and
thoracic scans that are generally unrelated to the specific clinical indication and have …

Opportunistic Screening: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel

PJ Pickhardt, RM Summers, JW Garrett, A Krishnaraj… - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Radiologic tests often contain rich imaging data not relevant to the clinical indication.
Opportunistic screening refers to the practice of systematically leveraging these incidental …

Value-added opportunistic CT: insights into osteoporosis and sarcopenia

RD Boutin, L Lenchik - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2020 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the emerging field of opportunistic CT,
which can be used to screen patients for osteoporosis and sarcopenia. CONCLUSION …

Automated liver fat quantification at nonenhanced abdominal CT for population-based steatosis assessment

PM Graffy, V Sandfort, RM Summers, PJ Pickhardt - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its consequences are a growing public
health concern requiring cross-sectional imaging for noninvasive diagnosis and …

Opportunistic screening at abdominal CT: use of automated body composition biomarkers for added cardiometabolic value

PJ Pickhardt, PM Graffy, AA Perez, MG Lubner… - …, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Abdominal CT is a frequently performed imaging examination for a wide variety of clinical
indications. In addition to the immediate reason for scanning, each CT examination contains …

Deep learning-based muscle segmentation and quantification at abdominal CT: application to a longitudinal adult screening cohort for sarcopenia assessment

PM Graffy, J Liu, PJ Pickhardt, JE Burns… - The British journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To investigate a fully automated abdominal CT-based muscle tool in a large adult
screening population. Methods: A fully automated validated muscle segmentation algorithm …

[HTML][HTML] Automated CT biomarkers for opportunistic prediction of future cardiovascular events and mortality in an asymptomatic screening population: a retrospective …

PJ Pickhardt, PM Graffy, R Zea, SJ Lee, J Liu… - The Lancet Digital …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Body CT scans are frequently done for a wide range of clinical indications, but
potentially valuable biometric information typically goes unused. We aimed to compare the …

AI-based opportunistic CT screening of incidental cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and sarcopenia: cost-effectiveness analysis

PJ Pickhardt, L Correale, C Hassan - Abdominal Radiology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose To assess the cost-effectiveness and clinical efficacy of AI-assisted abdominal CT-
based opportunistic screening for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease, osteoporosis …

Abdominal CT body composition thresholds using automated AI tools for predicting 10-year adverse outcomes

MH Lee, R Zea, JW Garrett, PM Graffy, RM Summers… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background CT-based body composition measures derived from fully automated artificial
intelligence tools are promising for opportunistic screening. However, body composition …

CT-derived body composition assessment as a prognostic tool in oncologic patients: from opportunistic research to artificial intelligence–based clinical implementation

DDB Bates, PJ Pickhardt - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by James S. Jelinek discussing this article. CT-based
body composition measures are well established in research settings as prognostic markers …