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.

Feature | Artificial Intelligence | Sanjay Parekh, Ph.D.

Three High Impact AI Market Trends in Medical Imaging at RSNA 2019

February 7, 2020 – At the 2019 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in December, there was a record ...

February 11, 2020

The researchers used high resolution cross-sectional imaging with CT or MRI to assess 225 men with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Follow-up lasted, on average, more than three years. Slightly more than half of patients had an intraluminal thrombus. The aneurysms of those with intraluminal thrombus were larger at baseline and grew by a rate of 2 mm per year, twice as fast as the 1 mm per year growth rate in people without intraluminal thrombus.

News | Endovascular Aortic Repair

Rapid Aortic Aneurysm Growth Occurs in Presence of Blood Clot

January 29, 2020 – The presence of a blood clot on the wall of the aorta in people with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) ...

January 29, 2020

This is an example of artificial intelligence automation for cardiac MRI using an AI app from TeraRecon's Envoy AI marketplace. The GE MRI image has bee countoured, anatomy labeled and all quantification automated by the AI, greatly reducing post-processing time. See this and other new AI imaging technologies from the 2019 RSNA meeting.

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8 Cardiovascular Technologies to Watch in 2020

The key question I am always asked at cardiology conferences is what are the trends and interesting new technologies I ...

January 24, 2020

The SCCT Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiovascular CT meeting will be held in New York City at the Marriott East Side, April 24-26, 2020. #SCCT

News | Artificial Intelligence

Amazon Chief Medical Officer to Speak at SCCT Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac CT Meeting

January 9, 2020 — Maulik Majmudar, M.D., chief medical officer at Amazon will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming ...

January 09, 2020

This photo is from a MitraClip procedure during the University of Colorado visit last December.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

Top 25 Cardiology Videos on DAIC in 2019

Here are the top performing 25 videos posted to the DAIC website in the past year, based on Google Analytics. These the ...

December 30, 2019

Videos | Radiation Dose Management

VIDEO: Radiation From Medical Imaging in U.S. Dropped Over Past Decade

Mahadevappa Mahesh, Ph.D., chief of medical physicist and professor of radiology and medical physics, Johns Hopkins ...

December 19, 2019

News | Stroke

New Algorithm Expands Neurologists' Ability to Assess for Clot-removing Procedure

October 18, 2019 — An algorithm developed by faculty at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ...

October 18, 2019

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

New ESC Guideline Provides Class 1 Recommendation for Coronary CTA

September 17, 2019 — The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) published new guidelines on the diagnosis and management ...

September 17, 2019

Technology | CT Angiography (CTA)

HeartFlow Announces FDA Clearance for HeartFlow Planner

September 12, 2019 — HeartFlow Inc. has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the ...

September 12, 2019

Cardiac computed tomography (CT) pioneer Arthur Agatston, M.D., speaks to DAIC Editor Dave Fornell about the history of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring and why it took nearly 30 years to make its way into the guidelines in 2019.

Blog | CT Angiography (CTA)

How the Agatston Calcium Score Was Created and its Impact on Heart Attack Prevention

I recently had a great conversation with cardiac computed tomography (CT) pioneer Arthur Agatston, M.D., who is the ...

September 05, 2019

The most popular cardiac technology news in August 2019 was the FDA clearance for a new indication for both the Edwards Sapien 3 and Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) devices for low-risk patients. This puts the technology on equal footing with the previous standard-of-care of open heart surgery, representing a paradigm shift in cardiology.

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

September 3, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

September 03, 2019

Videos | Advanced Visualization

VIDEO: Realistic Cinematic Reconstruction of a Heart CT Scan

An example of Siemens' photo-realistic Cinematic image reconstruction. This image is from a CTA exam from a Siemens ...

August 09, 2019

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

Image Gallery From the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2019 Meeting

This is a photo essay of the cardiovascular CT technologies on the expo floor and discussed in sessions at the 2019 Soci ...

August 08, 2019

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Example of Photo-realistic CT Imaging of a CoreValve

This is a quick video example of a cardiac computed tomography (CT) exam showing a Medtronic CoreValve transcatheter ...

August 08, 2019

Videos | CT Angiography (CTA)

VIDEO: Example of an Automated CT Cardiac Calcium Scoring Exam

This is an example of an automated calcium scoring software to speed review of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring car ...

August 08, 2019