Artificial intelligence for disease diagnosis and risk prediction in nuclear cardiology

RJH Miller, C Huang, JX Liang, PJ Slomka - Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques have emerged as a highly efficient approach to
accurately and rapidly interpret diagnostic imaging and may play a vital role in nuclear …

Quality metrics for single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging: an ASNC information statement

FG Hage, AJ Einstein, K Ananthasubramaniam… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
The central mission of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) is to improve
cardiovascular outcomes through image-guided patient management. The most commonly …

[HTML][HTML] Visually estimated coronary artery calcium score improves SPECT-MPI risk stratification

C Trpkov, A Savtchenko, Z Liang, P Feng… - IJC Heart & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims Computed tomographic attenuation correction (CTAC) scans for single photon
emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) may reveal …

AI-derived epicardial fat measurements improve cardiovascular risk prediction from myocardial perfusion imaging

RJH Miller, A Shanbhag, A Killekar, M Lemley… - NPJ Digital …, 2024 - nature.com
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume and attenuation are associated with cardiovascular
risk, but manual annotation is time-consuming. We evaluated whether automated deep …

Clinical phenotypes among patients with normal cardiac perfusion using unsupervised learning: a retrospective observational study

RJH Miller, BP Bednarski, K Pieszko, J Kwiecinski… - …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is one of the most common cardiac scans
and is used for diagnosis of coronary artery disease and assessment of cardiovascular risk …

Unsupervised learning to characterize patients with known coronary artery disease undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging

MC Williams, BP Bednarski, K Pieszko… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) comprise a heterogenous
population with varied clinical and imaging characteristics. Unsupervised machine learning …

Prognostic value of phase analysis for predicting adverse cardiac events beyond conventional single-photon emission computed tomography variables: results from …

K Kuronuma, RJH Miller, Y Otaki… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Phase analysis of single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial
perfusion imaging provides dyssynchrony information which correlates well with …

Direct risk assessment from myocardial perfusion imaging using explainable deep learning

A Singh, RJH Miller, Y Otaki, P Kavanagh… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - jacc.org
Background Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is frequently used to provide risk
stratification, but methods to improve the accuracy of these predictions are needed …

The Updated Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE SPECT 2.0)

RJH Miller, M Lemley, A Shanbhag… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2024 - jnm.snmjournals.org
The Registry of Fast Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Next-Generation SPECT (REFINE
SPECT) has been expanded to include more patients and CT attenuation correction …

The application of artificial intelligence in nuclear cardiology

Y Otaki, RJH Miller, PJ Slomka - Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2022 - Springer
A decade of unprecedented progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has demonstrated a lot of
interest in medical imaging research including nuclear cardiology. AI has a potential to …