Prevalence and clinical implications of coronary artery calcium scoring on non-gated thoracic computed tomography: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Osborne-Grinter, A Ali, MC Williams - European radiology, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Objectives Coronary artery calcifications (CACs) indicate the presence of coronary
artery disease. CAC can be found on thoracic computed tomography (CT) conducted for non …

2022 ASNC/AAPM/SCCT/SNMMI guideline for the use of CT in hybrid nuclear/CT cardiac imaging

MH Al-Mallah, TM Bateman, KR Branch… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the current advances in imaging technology and changes in patient demographics,
computed tomography (CT) has become an important part of nuclear cardiology practice for …

Deep learning coronary artery calcium scores from SPECT/CT attenuation maps improve prediction of major adverse cardiac events

RJH Miller, K Pieszko, A Shanbhag… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
Low-dose ungated CT attenuation correction (CTAC) scans are commonly obtained with
SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging. Despite the characteristically low image quality of …

Deep learning–based attenuation correction improves diagnostic accuracy of cardiac SPECT

AD Shanbhag, RJH Miller, K Pieszko… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Soc Nuclear Med
To improve diagnostic accuracy, myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) SPECT studies can
use CT-based attenuation correction (AC). However, CT-based AC is not available for most …

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 …

Relationship between ischaemia, coronary artery calcium scores, and major adverse cardiovascular events

RJH Miller, D Han, A Singh, K Pieszko… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is often
combined with coronary artery calcium (CAC) scanning, allowing for a combined anatomic …

Reproducibility of quantitative coronary calcium scoring from PET/CT attenuation maps: comparison to ECG-gated CT scans

K Pieszko, AD Shanbhag, M Lemley, M Hyun… - European journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose We sought to evaluate inter-scan and inter-reader agreement of coronary calcium
(CAC) scores obtained from dedicated, ECG-gated CAC scans (standard CAC scan) and …

Implications of the 2021 AHA/ACC/ASE/CHEST/SAEM/SCCT/SCMR chest pain guideline for cardiovascular imaging: a multisociety viewpoint

R Blankstein, LJ Shaw, M Gulati, MK Atalay, J Bax… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - jacc.org
SCMR Chest Pain Guideline has many important implications for the field of cardiovascular
imaging. Although this guideline offers a thoughtful consensus document created by various …

Artificial intelligence in nuclear cardiology: an update and future trends

RJH Miller, PJ Slomka - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), using either single photon emission computed
tomography (SPECT) or positron emission tomography (PET), is one of the most commonly …

Hybrid imaging: calcium score and myocardial perfusion imaging

M Nayfeh, A Sayed, M Alwan, M Alfawara… - Seminars in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Coronary heart disease (CHD) remains the top cause of death due to cardiovascular
conditions worldwide, with someone suffering a myocardial infarction every 40 seconds …