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Open AccessRationale and design of the iCORONARY trial: improving the cost-effectiveness of coronary artery disease diagnosis
In patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), revascularisation decisions are based mainly on the visual grading of the severity of coronary stenosis on invasive coronary angiography (ICA). However, i...
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Open AccessSystematic assessment of coronary calcium detectability and quantification on four generations of CT reconstruction techniques: a patient and phantom study
In computed tomography, coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores are influenced by image reconstruction. The effect of a newly introduced deep learning-based reconstruction (DLR) on CAC scoring in relation to othe...
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Open AccessRight atrial and ventricular strain detects subclinical changes in right ventricular function in precapillary pulmonary hypertension
Right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction (EF) by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) correlates to outcome in precapillary pulmonary hypertension (pPH) patients, but is insensitive to early changes. Strain might ...
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Improved coronary calcium detection and quantification with low-dose full field-of-view photon-counting CT: a phantom study
The aim of the current study was to systematically assess coronary artery calcium (CAC) detection and quantification for spectral photon-counting CT (SPCCT) in comparison to conventional CT and, in addition, t...
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Open AccessCoronary calcium scoring potential of large field-of-view spectral photon-counting CT: a phantom study
The aim of the current study was, first, to assess the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring potential of spectral photon-counting CT (SPCCT) in comparison with computed tomography (CT) for routine clinical pr...
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Open AccessThe impact and challenges of implementing CTCA according to the 2019 ESC guidelines on chronic coronary syndromes: a survey and projection of CTCA services in the Netherlands
The 2019 ESC-guidelines on chronic coronary syndromes (ESC-CCS) recommend computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTCA) or non-invasive functional imaging instead of exercise ECG as initial test to diagnose...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Evaluation of non-invasive imaging parameters in coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review
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Open AccessAdded value of computed tomography fractional flow reserve in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease
Multiple non-invasive tests are performed to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD), but all are limited to either anatomical or functional assessments. Computed tomography derived Fractional Flow Reserve (CT-...
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Open AccessEvaluation of non-invasive imaging parameters in coronary microvascular disease: a systematic review
Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) is an important underlying cause of angina pectoris. Currently, no diagnostic tool is available to directly visualize the coronary microvasculature. Invasive microvascu...
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Open AccessRandomised comparison of a balloon-expandable and self-expandable valve with quantitative assessment of aortic regurgitation using magnetic resonance imaging
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a safe and effective treatment for inoperable, intermediate- or high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis and has been associated with excelle...
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Open AccessEliminating biasing signals in lung cancer images for prognosis predictions with deep learning
Deep learning has shown remarkable results for image analysis and is expected to aid individual treatment decisions in health care. Treatment recommendations are predictions with an inherently causal interpret...
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Open AccessArtificial intelligence for the general cardiologist
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Open AccessEnhancing cardiovascular artificial intelligence (AI) research in the Netherlands: CVON-AI consortium
Machine learning (ML) allows the exploration and progressive improvement of very complex high-dimensional data patterns that can be utilised to optimise specific classification and prediction tasks, outperform...
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Open AccessArtificial intelligence in cardiovascular imaging: state of the art and implications for the imaging cardiologist
Healthcare, conceivably more than any other area of human endeavour, has the greatest potential to be affected by artificial intelligence (AI). This potential has been shown by several reports that demonstrate...
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Open AccessValidation of aortic valve 4D flow analysis and myocardial deformation by cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients after the arterial switch operation
Aortic regurgitation (AR) and subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction expressed by myocardial deformation imaging are common in patients with transposition of the great arteries after the arterial switch...
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Open AccessCardio-oncology: an overview on outpatient management and future developments
Recent advances in the early detection and treatment of cancer have led to increasing numbers of cancer survivors worldwide. Nonetheless, despite major improvements in the outcome of these patients, long-term ...
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Open AccessInfluence of heart rate on coronary calcium scores: a multi-manufacturer phantom study
To evaluate the influence of heart rate on coronary calcium scores (CCS) using a dynamic phantom on four high-end computed tomography (CT) systems from different manufacturers. Artificial coronary arteries wer...
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Open AccessInfluence of iterative reconstruction on coronary calcium scores at multiple heart rates: a multivendor phantom study on state-of-the-art CT systems
The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of iterative reconstruction on coronary calcium scores (CCS) at different heart rates for four state-of-the-art CT systems. Within an anthropomorphic c...
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Open AccessThe Effects of Iodine Attenuation on Pulmonary Nodule Volumetry using Novel Dual-Layer Computed Tomography Reconstructions
To assess the effect of iodine attenuation on pulmonary nodule volumetry using virtual non-contrast (VNC) and mono-energetic reconstructions.
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Open AccessInfluence of dose reduction and iterative reconstruction on CT calcium scores: a multi-manufacturer dynamic phantom study
To evaluate the influence of dose reduction in combination with iterative reconstruction (IR) on coronary calcium scores (CCS) in a dynamic phantom on state-of-the-art CT systems from different manufacturers. ...
