Opportunistic CT screening leverages robust imaging data embedded within abdominal and
thoracic scans that are generally unrelated to the specific clinical indication and have …

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide.
However, colon cancer incidence and mortality is declining over the past decade owing to …

As multidetector CT has come to play a more central role in medical care and as CT image
quality has improved, there has been an increase in the frequency of detecting “incidental …

Background: In 2002, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended
colorectal cancer screening for adults 50 years of age or older but concluded that evidence …

Radiologic tests often contain rich imaging data not relevant to the clinical indication.
Opportunistic screening refers to the practice of systematically leveraging these incidental …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of lumbar spine attenuation
measurement for bone mineral density (BMD) assessment at screening computed …

Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and its consequences are a growing public
health concern requiring cross-sectional imaging for noninvasive diagnosis and …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hepatic steatosis
in an asymptomatic US adult population using attenuation values at unenhanced CT as the …

Purpose To determine if abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) at CT predicts cardiovascular
events independent of Framingham risk score (FRS). Materials and Methods For this …

Purpose: To evaluate the frequency and estimated costs of additional diagnostic workup for
extracolonic findings detected at computed tomographic (CT) colonography in a large …