CT Angiography (CTA)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for CT systems use a series of X-ray images to create an image volume datasetthatcan slices or manipulated on any plane using advanced visualization software. The section includes computed tomography scanners, CT contrast agents, CT angiography (CTA and CCTA), CT perfusion, spectral CT (dual souce CT), and interative reconstruction dose reduction software. Find more news on cardic CT in the Society of Cariovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) channel page.

A comparison between healthy artery (left) and inflamed artery (right) using perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI) mapping to detect spatial changes in perivascular fat composition induced by inflammation of the vascular wall caused by high-risk plaques.
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT)
CT Coronary Perivascular Fat Assessment Can Stratify Cardiac Risk Associated With High-Risk Plaques

October 6, 2021 — Data presented during the late-breaking science session at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 20 ...

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Cardiac coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam showing different views of the myocardium and the coronary arteries. This was scanned on a Canon Aquilion Prime CT scanner. Trends in cardiac imaging. Cardiac imaging utilization report.
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Trends in Cardiac Imaging Over Past Decade Shows Rapid Rise in CT

October 6, 2021 – A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

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A cardiac scan on the new Siemens Naeotom Alpha. This is the first commercialized photon-counting CT scanner. It gained FDA clearance Sept. 30, 2021. Image by Deutscher Zukunftpreis/Ansgar Pudenz.
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT) | By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor
First Photon-counting CT System Cleared by the FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sept. 30 cleared the world's first photon-counting computed tomography (CT)  ...

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Zebra Medical Vision now offers artificial intelligence (A) medical imaging analytics for its cardiac solution HealthCCSng, which enables the quantification of the coronary artery calcium (CAC) on CT scans as an incidental finding. Zebra gained FDA clearance for the product in September 2021.
News | Artificial Intelligence
FDA Clears Zebra Coronary Artery Calcium Solution as Part of Its Population Health Offering

September 27, 2021 — Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, announces its eighth U.S ...

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Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by insurers’ test substitution policies, according to a statement published online in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.[1] The statement summarizes the proceedings of a recent summit convened by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), leadership of the American College of Cardiology Imaging Council, American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
News | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiovascular Imaging Organizations Denounce Test Substitution by Insurance Companies

September 22, 2021 — Test selection should be a shared decision between patient and physician rather than directed by ...

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An example of Viz.AI's pulmonary embolism AI application and mobile alert to the physician on-call. Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease
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Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI Partner to Launch Artificial Intelligence Care Coordination for Pulmonary Embolism and Aortic Disease

July 21, 2021 — Artificial intelligence (AI)  medical imaging vendors Viz.AI and Avicenna.AI have partnered to enable ...

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The Clear AI software can help with identification coronary plaque features in CT scans that may cause heart attacks. Cleerly Coronary’s noninvasive, AI-driven approach supports the understanding of plaques using FDA-cleared technologies.
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Canon Medical Partners with Cleerly to Tackle Heart Disease, the Leading Cause of Death

July 16, 2021 — Canon Medical Systems USA is joining forces with Cleerly in a strategic partnership to support simple ...

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An example of HeartFlow's FFR-CT analysis of blockage severity in a patient's coronary vessels based on a cardiac CT scan.
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HeartFlow Becomes Publicly Traded Company in Merger With Longview Acquisition Corp.

July 15, 2021 — HeartFlow, which has commercialized noninvasive computed tomography derived fractional flow reserve (FFR ...

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The inherent spectral capabilities of Mayo Clinic's new third-generation photon-counting CT research scanner allows clear visualization of the intact portions of the coronary artery lumen (arrowhead) by reducing the bright signal from the dense coronary calcifications (arrows). Spectral CT is able to bin photos on different energies that can be used to enhance or subtract chemical elements based on their spectral signature, such as calcium shown here, and iodine.
News | Computed Tomography (CT)
Mayo Clinic Begins Use of New Photon-counting CT Detector

July 14, 2021 — Performing the first cardiac scan on their new photon-counting detector computed tomography (CT) scanner ...

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Avicenna.AI announces the introduction of Cina Chest, including AI tools for detection and emergency triage of pulmonary embolism and aortic dissection.
News | Artificial Intelligence
AI Triage Solution for PE and Aortic Dissection Receives FDA Clearance and CE Mark

June 3, 2021 — Medical imaging AI specialist Avicenna.AI announced that it has received certification in the United ...

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Illustration of how spectral CT can help confirm findings on a conventional CT scan without requiring follow-up imaging, such as a nuclear scan. The conventional CT on the left, and the dual-energy CT on the right confirms an infarct.
Feature | Computed Tomography (CT)
Philips Introduces the new Spectral CT 7500 as Workhorse Scanner With Spectral Data on Every Scan

May 27, 2021 — Philips Healthcare released a workhorse computed tomography (CT) system, the Spectral CT 7500, which has ...

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Early detection of high-risk plaque phenotypes holds the promise to prevent myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke by enabling personalized therapeutics. The company Elucid has developed AI to identify these atherosclerotic plaque phenotypes from a CT scan.
News | CT Angiography (CTA)
Study Demonstrates AI Can Estimate RNA Expression From Cardiac CT Scan

March 23, 2021 — Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, have published the first-of-its-kind ...

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AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY (ACC) Late-breaking clinical trial study presentations at ACC.21. @ACC21 @ACC2021
Feature | ACC | Dave Fornell, Editor
ACC 2021 Late Breaking Cardiology Study Results

The latest cardiology practice-changing scientific breakthrough, late-breaking study presentations have been announced ...

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An example of 3-D computer aided design (CAD) software from Materialise being used at Henry Ford Hospital to evaluate left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction from a Sapian TAVR valve virtually implanted in the mitral valve position. Henry Ford uses both 3-D printing and CAD to plan and guide complex structural heart procedures. 
Feature | Medical 3-D Printing | By Dave Fornell, Editor
3-D Printing and Computer Aided Design Aids Structural Heart Interventions

With increasing complexity of interventional structural heart disease and congenital heart disease interventions, 3-D ...

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Clinicians reviewing a COVID-19 patient's lung CT that reveals the severity of COVID-caused pneumonia. The impact of COVID on radiology was a major, over arching trend at the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. Getty Images #RSNA20 #RSNA2020
Feature | RSNA | By Dave Fornell and Melinda Taschetta-Millane
8 Top Trend Takeaways in Medical Imaging From RSNA 2020

Not surprisingly, many of the key trends observed at the 2020 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting ...

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