SCCT

This channel contains news about the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), including coverage of its annual meeting and links to recently released practice guidelines. SCCT is a leading resource for the subspecialty of cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA or CCTA).

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 new Aquilion One Genesis SP cardiac CT system uses artificial intelligence to help reconstruct low dose cardiac CT images. #SCCT2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Canon Introduces New Aquilion One Genesis SP Cardiac CT Scanner

July 20, 2020 – To meet the growing cardiovascular imaging needs of healthcare systems, Canon Medical Systems USA is ...

July 20, 2020

Canon displays new CT technologies in its virtual SCCT 2020 booth.

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

Canon Showcases Cardiac CT Offerings Virtually at SCCT 2020

Canon Medical Systems USA has created a virtual trade-show experience for its cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) ...

July 06, 2020

The temporary COVID-19 hospital at the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago being toured by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker April 3. The hospitals beds are set up in at least two of the expo halls, included two used the for annual RSNA radiology meeting in November each year. Photo by Susan Blair, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District

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

Cardiology Meetings Continue to be Cancelled or Go Virtual Due to COVID-19

(UPDATED information added to this article June 10, 2020)

April 28, 2020 — Medical conferences are where the latest ...

April 28, 2020

Two examples of CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) imaging assessment software. Canon is on the left and GE Healthcare is on the right. Both of these technologies have been around for a few years, but there have been an increasing amount of clinical data from studies showing the accuracy of the technology compared to nuclear imaging, the current stand of care for myocardial perfusion imaging, and cardiac MRI.

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

New Technologies Take Cardiac CT to the Next Level

Here is an overview of a few of the biggest technology advances in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). These are ...

June 08, 2020

Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures, Diagnostic Tests. #COVID19 #SARScov2

Feature | Cardiovascular Business

Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures and Tests

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) together with other North American cardiovascular societies issued a framework ...

June 03, 2020

News | Cardiac Imaging

New Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Guidelines for Competitive Athletes Created

May 11, 2020 – Competitive athletes are a rapidly growing population worldwide. Habitual vigorous exercise, a defining ...

May 11, 2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19

May 5, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced plans this week to hold its annual ...

May 05, 2020

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

Cardiac Imaging Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cases of acute cardiovascular disease and cardiac complications caused by COVID-19 require cardiovascular imaging ...

April 18, 2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

SCCT Issues Expert Consensus on CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

March 16, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document on ...

March 16, 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

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