Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death globally. One of the most common tools used to diagnose and monitor ...

Here’s something new to bring up the next time you visit your health care provider: Should I undergo a CT calcium score ...

The AI-driven predictive model is expected to interpret combined data from CT scans, clinical risk factors, and demographic ...

The scans were triggered using an automatic bolus-tracking ... AI-QCT, artificial intelligence quantitative CT; CAD-RADS, Coronary Artery Disease Reporting and Data System; QCA, quantitative coronary ...

CLAIM: CT coronary scans can detect heart blockages quickly, non-invasively, and with precise detail, eliminating the need for traditional angiograms. FACT: This claim is misleading. While CT coronary ...

They tested the participants’ heart function using cardiac positron emission tomography or computed tomography (PET/CT) scans. The researchers also measured the fat and muscle amounts and ...

One of the key tests for this is called the Cardiac CT calcium score (CAC score). This is a noninvasive CT scan that measures the amount of calcium deposited in the calcified plaques in the ...

All the patients were tested with cardiac positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanning to assess how well their hearts were functioning. Researchers also used CT scans to ana ...

Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has emerged as a non-invasive modality for detailed coronary artery visualization; however, automatic and accurate segmentation of coronary structures ...

Inappropriate if functional capacity is less than or equal to four METs or without clinical risk predictors, or if the patient is asymptomatic for less than 1 year following a normal coronary ...