Conference Coverage

This channel highlights DAIC's coverage of numerous key cardiology and medical imaging conferences each year. These include ACC, AHA, ASE, ASNC, EuroPCR, ECR, HIMSS, HRS, RSNA, SCAI, SCCT, TCT, and VIVA.

A panel discussion with some of the key opinion leaders at the recent SCCT 2020 virtual meeting. Note the questions on the left side of the screen, where attendees were able to interact with the speakers. #SCCT2020 #yesCCT

News | Cardiovascular Education | Dave Fornell, Editor

Virtual Cardiology Meetings During COVID-19 Allowing More International Attendance

All medical conferences moved to a virtual meeting format due to COVID-19 this year, and there has been apprehension ...

August 14, 2020

During the SCCT 2020 virtual meeting, SCCT President Ron Blackstein, M.D., Brigham and Women's, presents the SCCT Gold Award to John Lesser, M.D., MSCCT, director of advanced imaging and cardiac CT, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital.

News | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

SCCT Honors Cardiac CT Expert John Lesser For Research and Bringing Together Cardiology and Radiology

The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) gave its 2020 Gold Metal Award to computed tomography (CT) ...

August 14, 2020

Videos | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

VIDEO: AI-Assisted Automatic Ejection Fraction for Point-of-Care Ultrasound

This is a tutorial video on how to perform an artificial intelligence (AI) automated cardiac ejection fraction ...

August 13, 2020

Videos | Cardiac Imaging

VIDEO: Example of Strain Imaging That Can Derive Hemodynamic Pressure Loops

Advanced visualization company Medis recently purchased Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l. (AMID), which ...

August 12, 2020

Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: Artificial Intelligence to Automate CT Calcium Scoring and Radiomics

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains how artificial intelligence (AI) might be used in the near future to ...

August 12, 2020

$GE Healthcare Vscan with artificial intelligence (AI) automated left ventricular ejection fraction assessment with the Dia LVivo EF app. #ASE2020$

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

GE Highlights New Echocardiography Technologies at ASE 2020

August 12, 2020 — GE focused on the latest innovations from the handheld ultrasound, Vscan Extend system, which is about ...

August 12, 2020

Videos | Computed Tomography (CT)

VIDEO: Photon Counting Detectors Will be the Next Major Advance in Computed Tomography

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, said photon counting CT detectors were a key new technology discussed at the Soc ...

August 11, 2020

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Key Cardiac CT Papers Presented at SCCT 2020

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains some of most influential cardiac CT clinical papers from the past year ...

August 11, 2020

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Coronary Plaque Quantification Will Become Major Risk Assessment

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains how coronary plaque assessment will become a new risk assessment tool ...

August 11, 2020

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Increased Use of Cardiac CT During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Todd Villines, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MSCCT, explains some of the discussion on CT used for COVID-19 patients at the Society ...

August 11, 2020

TomTec offers innovations in cardiac ultrasound, including AI and auto quanitification of echo images.

News | Cardiovascular Ultrasound

TomTec Releases New Echocardiography Technologies With AI and Auto Quantification

August 4, 2020 — Imaging software company TomTec has released its new TomTec-Arena 2020 product, which offers new ...

August 04, 2020

An example of perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) imaging inside the coronary vascular wall to show areas of inflammation. #SCCT2020

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Low-attenuation Coronary Plaque Burden May Become Next Big Cardiac Risk Assessment

There is a promising recent development in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to analyze plaque to ...

July 30, 2020

Left, a 3-D rendering of a heart from a cardiac CT exam. Right, a lung-CT exam showing the heart and ground glass lesions in the lungs of a COVID-19 patient. CT has become a front-line imaging modality in the COVID era because it offers both cardiac and lung information to help determine a patients disposition with chest pain, COVID-19 and COVID-caused myocarditis and pulmonary embolism.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Impact of Cardiac CT During COVID-19

July 28, 2020 — The use of cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CCTA) is one of the areas that has seen a ...

July 28, 2020

A cardiac CT of a patient with pacemaker leads, which can be challenging to get good images due to metal artifact. This image was rendered from using Canon's AiCE AI-assisted interactive reconstruction with Global Illumination 3-D rendering from a scan on an Aquilion One Genesis SP system.

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 9 Cardiovascular CT Studies in Past Year

There has been tremendous growth in the field of cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) in the past two decades, with ...

July 27, 2020

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will host several Hot Lines sessions that will include some of the latest clinical science presentations in cardiology at the 2020 annual congress digital meeting. The meeting has gone virtual due to the ongoing pandemic.

News | ESC

European Society of Cardiology Announces Late-Breaking Study Presentations at its 2020 Virtual Congress

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will host several Hot Lines sessions that will include some of the latest ...

July 21, 2020