Jagat Narula, Thomas D Stuckey, Gaku Nakazawa, Amir Ahmadi, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Kersten Petersen, Saba Mirza, Nicholas Ng, Sarah Mullen, Michiel Schaap, Jonathan Leipsic, Campbell Rogers, Charles A Taylor, Harout Yacoub, Himanshu Gupta, Hitoshi Matsuo, Sarah Rinehart, Akiko Maehara
AIMS: Coronary computed tomography angiography provides noninvasive assessment of coronary stenosis severity and flow impairment. Automated artificial intelligence analysis may assist in precise quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis, enabling patient-specific risk determination and management strategies. This multicenter international study compared an automated deep-learning-based method for segmenting coronary atherosclerosis in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) against the reference standard of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)...
May 3, 2024: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging