Scoring of coronary artery calcium scans: history, assumptions, current limitations, and future directions

K Alluri, PH Joshi, TS Henry, RS Blumenthal, K Nasir… - Atherosclerosis, 2015 - Elsevier
Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning is a reliable, noninvasive technique for estimating
overall coronary plaque burden and for identifying risk for future cardiac events. Arthur …

SCCT guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT angiography: a report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines …

J Leipsic, S Abbara, S Achenbach… - Journal of …, 2014 - journalofcardiovascularct.com
Since the publication of the first guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of coronary CT
angiography (coronary CTA) in 2009, there have been significant changes in the scope and …

Automatic coronary calcium scoring in chest CT using a deep neural network in direct comparison with non-contrast cardiac CT: a validation study

M van Assen, SS Martin, A Varga-Szemes… - European journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate deep-learning based calcium quantification on Chest CT scans
compared with manual evaluation, and to enable interpretation in terms of the traditional …

Accuracy of an artificial intelligence deep learning algorithm implementing a recurrent neural network with long short-term memory for the automated detection of …

AM Fischer, M Eid, CN De Cecco… - Journal of thoracic …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a novel fully automated
deep learning (DL) algorithm implementing a recurrent neural network (RNN) with long short …

Automatic coronary calcium scoring using noncontrast and contrast CT images

G Yang, Y Chen, X Ning, Q Sun, H Shu… - Medical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Calcium scoring is widely used to assess the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
Accurate coronary artery calcification detection in noncontrast CT image is a prerequisite …

Iterative image reconstruction: a realistic dose-saving method in cardiac CT imaging?

M Renker, LL Geyer, AW Krazinski… - Expert review of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Iterative techniques are a valuable computed tomography image reconstruction alternative
to filtered back projection. In repetitive cycles, iterative algorithms reduce image noise …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary artery calcium scoring on non-gated, non-contrast chest computed tomography (CT) using wide-detector, high-pitch and fast gantry rotation …

JM Shin, TH Kim, JY Kim, CH Park - Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Our study assessed the reliability of non-gated, non-contrast chest computed
tomography (NCCT)(with high pitch, wide coverage, and fast gantry rotation time …

Deep learning-based automated quantification of coronary artery calcification for contrast-enhanced Coronary computed Tomographic Angiography

JO Lee, EA Park, D Park, W Lee - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: We evaluated the accuracy of a deep learning-based automated quantification
algorithm for coronary artery calcium (CAC) based on enhanced ECG-gated coronary CT …

Automatic detection and quantification of the Agatston coronary artery calcium score on contrast computed tomography angiography

W Ahmed, MA de Graaf, A Broersen, PH Kitslaar… - The international journal …, 2015 - Springer
Potentially, Agatston coronary artery calcium (CAC) score could be calculated on contrast
computed tomography coronary angiography (CTA). This will make a separate non-contrast …

Feasibility and accuracy of coronary artery calcium score on virtual non-contrast images derived from a dual-layer spectral detector CT: a retrospective multicenter …

P Yang, R Zhao, W Deng, S An, Y Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Rationale and objective This retrospective study was to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy
of coronary artery calcium score (CACS) from virtual non-contrast (VNC) images in …