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Factors Associated With Delay in Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Surgery in a Lung Cancer Screening Program. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Raquelle El Alam, Mark M Hammer, Suzanne C Byrne
Delays to biopsy and surgery after lung nodule detection can impact survival from lung cancer. The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with delay in a lung cancer screening (LCS) program.
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CT-derived Epicardial Adipose Tissue Inflammation Predicts Outcome in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Babak Salam, Baravan Al-Kassou, Leonie Weinhold, Alois M Sprinkart, Sebastian Nowak, Maike Theis, Matthias Schmid, Muntadher Al Zaidi, Marcel Weber, Claus C Pieper, Daniel Kuetting, Jasmin Shamekhi, Georg Nickenig, Ulrike Attenberger, Sebastian Zimmer, Julian A Luetkens
Inflammatory changes in epicardial (EAT) and pericardial adipose tissue (PAT) are associated with increased overall cardiovascular risk. Using routine, preinterventional cardiac CT data, we examined the predictive value of quantity and quality of EAT and PAT for outcome after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
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Approach to Imaging of Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome With No Culprit Lesion Identified at Angiography. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Tiffany T Ni, Wendy Tsang, Elsie T Nguyen
Chest pain is a common chief complaint among patients presenting to the emergency department. However, in the scenario where the clinical presentation is consistent with acute coronary syndrome and no culprit lesions are identified on angiography, clinicians and cardiac imagers should be informed of the differential diagnosis and appropriate imaging modalities used to investigate the potential causes
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Multiparametric Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Infection Subjects: An Intraindividual Comparison Study. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Jun Zhang, Song Luo, Jun Cai, Xiang Kong, Lingyan Zhang, Li Qi, Long Jiang Zhang
To investigate intraindividual cardiac structural and functional changes before and after COVID-19 infection in a previously healthy population with a 3T cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
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Regional Analysis of Myocardial Strain to Wall Thickness Ratio in Cardiac Amyloidosis and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Michael P Gannon, Cristina P Sison, Shahryar G Saba
Increased left ventricular wall thickness is a hallmark of cardiac amyloidosis (CA). Several other disease states, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), share this common feature. Myocardial strain has emerged as a diagnostic and prognostic tool to differentiate causes of increased left ventricular wall thickness. We sought to determine if regional strain differences were present in CA when
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Evaluating Mediastinal Lymph Node Metastasis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Using Mono-exponential, Bi-exponential, and Stretched-exponential Models of Diffusion-weighted Imaging. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Yu Zheng, Na Han, Wenjing Huang, Yanli Jiang, Jing Zhang
To explore and compare the diagnostic values of mono-exponential, bi-exponential, and stretched-exponential diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) parameters of primary lesions and lymph nodes (LNs) to predict mediastinal LN metastasis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
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Risk and Time to Diagnosis of Lung Cancer in Incidental Pulmonary Nodules. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Mark M Hammer
To determine the risk of lung cancer in incidental pulmonary nodules, as well as the time until cancer growth is detected.
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Chest Computed Tomography Findings in Unilateral Pulmonary Fibrosis Secondary to Chronic Hypoperfusion. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Cristina Marrocchio, Stephen M Humphries, David A Lynch
Unilateral lung fibrosis is uncommon and few cases secondary to parenchymal hypoperfusion have been reported, requiring further understanding of this entity. This study aims to report the chest computed tomography (CT) findings of patients with unilateral lung fibrosis related to parenchymal hypoperfusion observed in our institution.
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Coronary Calcium Scoring in Standard Cardiac Computed Tomography and Chest Computed Tomography With Different Reconstruction Kernels. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Yenpo Lin, Gigin Lin, Meng-Ting Peng, Chi-Tai Kuo, Yung-Liang Wan, Wen-Jin Cherng
To assess the correlation of coronary calcium score (CS) obtained by artificial intelligence (AI) with those obtained by electrocardiography gated standard cardiac computed tomography (CCT) and nongated chest computed tomography (ChCT) with different reconstruction kernels.
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Computed Tomography-guided Percutaneous Lung Biopsy With Electromagnetic Navigation Compared With Conventional Approaches: An Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Qin Liu, Xiaoxia Guo, Ziyin Wang, Hao Xu, Wei Huang, Jingjing Liu, Zhongmin Wang, Fuhua Yan, Zhiyuan Wu, Xiaoyi Ding
The purpose of this study was to assess the efficiency and safety of computed tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous biopsy of lung lesions with electromagnetic (EM) navigation and compare them with those of conventional approaches.
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Identification of Mitral Valve Prolapse on Non-electrocardiography-gated Enhanced Chest Computed Tomography. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Min Ji Son, Eun Ju Chun, Seung Min Yoo, Soo Jeong Lee, Charles S White
The primary imaging modality for the diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is echocardiography supplemented by electrocardiography (ECG)-gated cardiac computed tomography (CT) angiography. However, we have recently encountered patients with MVP who were initially identified on non-ECG-gated enhanced chest CT. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of non-ECG-gated enhanced
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Sex-Related Differences of Left Atrial Strain in Patients With Hypertension Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Zhaoxia Yang, Jinyang Wen, Dazong Tang, Yi Luo, Chunlin Xiang, Liming Xia, Lu Huang
Previous studies demonstrated the impact of sex on left ventricular (LV) strain in patients with essential hypertension. However, little is known about the effect of sex on left atrial (LA) strain in patients with hypertension. This study aimed to explore the sex-related differences of LA strain by using cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking in patients with hypertension and preserved LV ejection
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Feature-Tracking Strain Parameters Differ Between Highly Accelerated and Conventional Acquisitions: A Multisoftware Assessment. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Moritz C Halfmann, Tim Klimzak, U Joseph Schoepf, Roman Kloeckner, Teodora Chitiboi, Michaela Schmidt, Philip Wenzel, Lukas Müller, Martin Geyer, Akos Varga-Szemes, Karl-Friedrich Kreitner, Christoph Dueber, Tilman Emrich
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging protocols have been adapted to fit the needs for faster, more efficient acquisitions, resulting in the development of highly accelerated, compressed sensing-based (CS) sequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate intersoftware and interacquisition differences for postprocessing software applied to both CS and conventional cine sequences.
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Neonatal and Infant Lung Disorders: Glossary, Practical Approach, and Diagnoses. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Se-Young Yoon, Nathan David P Concepcion, Olivia DiPrete, Sara O Vargas, Abbey J Winant, Pilar Garcia-Peña, Winnie C Chu, Joanna Kasznia-Brown, Pedro Daltro, Edward Y Lee, Bernard F Laya
A multitude of lung disorders ranging from congenital and genetic anomalies to iatrogenic complications can affect the neonate or the infant within the first year of life. Neonatal and infant chest imaging, predominantly by plain radiography and computed tomography, is frequently employed to aid in diagnosis and management; however, these disorders can be challenging to differentiate due to their broad-ranging
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Artificial Intelligence-based Quantification of Pleural Plaque Volume and Association With Lung Function in Asbestos-exposed Patients. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Kevin B W Groot Lipman, Thierry N Boellaard, Cornedine J de Gooijer, Nino Bogveradze, Eun Kyoung Hong, Federica Landolfi, Francesca Castagnoli, Nargiza Vakhidova, Illaa Smesseim, Ferdi van der Heijden, Regina G H Beets-Tan, Rianne Wittenberg, Zuhir Bodalal, Jacobus A Burgers, Stefano Trebeschi
Pleural plaques (PPs) are morphologic manifestations of long-term asbestos exposure. The relationship between PP and lung function is not well understood, whereas the time-consuming nature of PP delineation to obtain volume impedes research. To automate the laborious task of delineation, we aimed to develop automatic artificial intelligence (AI)-driven segmentation of PP. Moreover, we aimed to explore
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Base-to-apex Gradient Pattern Assessed by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Riccardo Cau, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Vitanio Palmisano, Michele Porcu, Alessandra Pintus, Roberta Montisci, Lorenzo Mannelli, Jasjit S Suri, Marco Francone, Luca Saba
The purpose of this study was to investigate the base-to-apex gradient strain pattern as a noncontrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) parameter in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) and determine whether this pattern may help discriminate TTC from patients with anterior myocardial infarction (AMI).
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Lung-Reporting and Data System 2.0: Impact of the Updated Approach to Juxtapleural Nodules During Lung Cancer Screening Using the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial Data Set. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Lydia Chelala, Rydhwana Hossain, Jean Jeudy, Ziad Nader, Julia Kastner, Charles White
To determine the frequency of malignancy of nonperifissural juxtapleural nodules (JPNs) measuring 6 to < 10 mm in a subset of low-dose chest computed tomographies from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial and the rate of down-classification of such nodules in Lung-Reporting and Data System (RADS) 2.0 compared with Lung-RADS 1.1.
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Identifying Coronary Artery Calcification Using Chest X-ray Radiographs and Machine Learning: The Role of the Radiomics Score. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Hyunseok Jeong, Hyung-Bok Park, Jongsoo Hong, Jina Lee, Seongmin Ha, Ran Heo, Juyeong Jung, Youngtaek Hong, Hyuk-Jae Chang
To evaluate the ability of radiomics score (RS)-based machine learning to identify moderate to severe coronary artery calcium (CAC) on chest x-ray radiographs (CXR).
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Deep Learning-Based Automated Labeling of Coronary Segments for Structured Reporting of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Accordance With Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Guidelines. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Verena Brandt, Andreas Fischer, Uwe Joseph Schoepf, Raffi Bekeredjian, Christian Tesche, Gilberto J Aquino, Jim O'Doherty, Puneet Sharma, Mehmet A Gülsün, Paul Klein, Asik Ali, William Evans Few, Tilman Emrich, Akos Varga-Szemes, Josua A Decker
To evaluate a novel deep learning (DL)-based automated coronary labeling approach for structured reporting of coronary artery disease according to the guidelines of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CT) on coronary CT angiography (CCTA).
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New Imaging Protocol to Assess Endotracheal Tube Placement: A Case-control Study. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Rokas Liubaskas, Ronald L Eisenberg, Nihara L Chakrala, Aurelija Liubauske, Yuval Liberman, Achikam Oren-Grinberg, Daniela M Tridente, Diana E Litmanovich
After intubation, a frontal chest radiograph (CXR) is obtained to assess the endotracheal tube (ETT) position by measuring the ETT tip-to-carina distance. ETT tip location changes with neck position and can be determined by assessing the position of the mandible. As the mandible is typically not visualized on standard CXRs, we developed a new protocol where the mandible is seen on the CXR, hypothesizing
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Functional Impairment in Small Airways Associated With the Breathlessness Symptoms in Long-Coronavirus Disease. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Minsuok Kim, Jeongeun Hwang, James T Grist, Gabriele Abueid, Soon Ho Yoon, Vicente Grau, Emily Fraser, Fergus V Gleeson
This study aimed to determine the association between functional impairment in small airways and symptoms of dyspnea in patients with Long-coronavirus disease (COVID), using imaging and computational modeling analysis.
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Pediatric Cardiovascular Computed Tomography: Clinical Indications, Technique, and Standardized Reporting. Recommendations From the Cardiothoracic Taskforce of the European Society of Pediatric Radiology. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-04 Marek Kardos, Davide Curione, Israel Valverde, Joost van Schuppen, Hyun Woo Goo, Christian J Kellenberger, Aurelio Secinaro, Pablo Caro-Domínguez
Congenital heart diseases affect 1% of all live births in the general population. The prognosis of these children is increasingly improving due to advances in medical care and surgical treatment. Imaging is also evolving rapidly to assess accurately complex cardiac anomalies prenatally and postnatally. Transthoracic echocardiography is the gold-standard imaging technique to diagnose and follow-up children
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Deep Learning for Detection of Pneumothorax and Pleural Effusion on Chest Radiographs: Validation Against Computed Tomography, Impact on Resident Reading Time, and Interreader Concordance. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Ali Tejani, Thomas Dowling, Sreeja Sanampudi, Rana Yazdani, Arzu Canan, Elona Malja, Yin Xi, Suhny Abbara, Ron M Peshock, Fernando U Kay
To study the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) for detecting pleural pathology on chest radiographs (CXRs) using computed tomography as ground truth.
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Noncontrast Myocardial Characterization in Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Electron Density Imaging. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Gaston A Rodriguez-Granillo, Juan Cirio, Jose F Vila, Eran Langzam, Thomas Ivanc, Lucia Fontana, Amalia Descalzo, Bibiana Rubilar, Pedro Lylyk
Spectral computed tomography (CT) enables improved tissue characterization, although virtually all research has focused on contrast-enhanced examinations. We hypothesized that changes in myocardial tissue related to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) might potentially be identified without the need for contrast administration using electron density (ED) imaging.
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Correcting Posterior Paraspinal Muscle Computed Tomography Density for Intravenous Contrast Material Independent of Sex and Vascular Phase. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Jevin Lortie, Benjamin Rush, Grace Gage, Ravi Dhingra, Scott Hetzel, Perry J Pickhardt, Timothy P Szczykutowicz, Adam J Kuchnia
Intravenous contrast poses challenges to computed tomography (CT) muscle density analysis. We developed and tested corrections for contrast-enhanced CT muscle density to improve muscle analysis and the utility of CT scans for the assessment of myosteatosis.
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Lung Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prediction of Progression in Patients With Nonidiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Interstitial Lung Disease: A Pilot Study. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Carina A Ruano, Maria Francisca Moraes-Fontes, Alexandra Borba, Mónica Grafino, José Veiga, Otília Fernandes, Tiago Bilhim, Klaus L Irion
Correlate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) parameters at baseline with disease progression in nonidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis interstitial lung disease (ILD).
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Findings on High Resolution Computed Tomography in Symptomatic Veterans with Deployment-Related Lung Disease. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-15 Cecile S Rose, Lauren M Zell-Baran, Carlyne Cool, Camille M Moore, Jenna Wolff, Andrea S Oh, Tilman Koelsch, John C Richards, Silpa D Krefft, Carla G Wilson, David A Lynch
Military deployment to dusty, austere environments in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan is associated with symptomatic airways diseases including asthma and bronchiolitis. The utility of chest high-resolution computed tomographic (HRCT) imaging in lung disease diagnosis in this population is poorly understood. We investigated visual assessment of HRCT for identifying deployment-related lung disease compared
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Level of Education Matters in Regard to Participants' Compliance With Screening in the National Lung Screening Trial. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Akeel A Alali
The success of cancer screening depends on patient adherence to the screening program. The purpose of this study is to assess how the level of education might affect participants' compliance with screening in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).
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Elastic Registration Algorithm Based on Three-dimensional Pulmonary MRI in Quantitative Assessment of Severity of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Xiaoyan Yang, Pengxin Yu, Wenqing Xu, Haishuang Sun, Jianghui Duan, Yueyin Han, Lili Zhu, Bingbing Xie, Jing Geng, Sa Luo, Shiyao Wang, Yanhong Ren, Rongguo Zhang, Min Liu, Huaping Dai, Chen Wang
To quantitatively analyze lung elasticity in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) using elastic registration based on 3-dimensional pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging (3D-PMRI) and to assess its' correlations with the severity of IPF patients.
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Differentiating Imaging Features of Post-lobectomy Right Middle Lobe Torsion. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Farah Tamizuddin, Selin Ocal, Danielle Toussie, Lea Azour, Maj Wickstrom, William H Moore, Amie Kent, James Babb, Kush Fansiwala, Eric Flagg, Jane P Ko
The purpose of this study was to identify differences in imaging features between patients with confirmed right middle lobe (RML) torsion compared to those suspected yet without torsion.
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Imaging Features of Autoimmune Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Diseases. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-29 Simon L F Walsh, Robert A Lafyatis, Vincent Cottin
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) associated with autoimmune diseases show characteristic signs of imaging. Radiologic signs are also used in the identification of ILDs with features suggestive of autoimmune disease that do not meet the criteria for a specific autoimmune disease. Radiologists play a key role in identifying these signs and assessing their relevance as part of multidisciplinary team
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Pericardial Fat Is Associated With Less Severe Multiorgan Failure Over Time in Patients With Coronavirus Disease-19: The Maastricht Intensive Care COVID Cohort. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Eda Aydeniz, Vanessa Weberndorfer, Lloyd Brandts, Martijn W Smulders, Thijs T W van Herpt, Bibi Martens, Kevin Vernooy, Dominik Linz, Iwan C C van der Horst, Joachim E Wildberger, Bas C T van Bussel, Rob G H Driessen, Casper Mihl
Pericardial fat (PF) and epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) may enhance the proinflammatory response in corona virus-19 (COVID-19) patients. Higher PF and EAT volumes might result in multiorgan failure and explain unfavorable trajectories.The aim of this study was to examine the association between the volume of PF and EAT and multiorgan failure over time.
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The Role of Radiology in Multidisciplinary Discussion of Patients With Interstitial Lung Diseases. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Justin T Stowell, Andy Abril, Andras Khoor, Augustine S Lee, Hassan Z Baig
Radiologists fulfill a vital role in the multidisciplinary care provided to patients with interstitial lung diseases and other diffuse parenchymal lung disorders. The diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases hinges on the consensus of clinical, radiology, and pathology medical subspecialists, but additional expertise from rheumatology, immunology, or hematology can be invaluable. The thin-section computed
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Correlation Between Intranodular Vessels and Tumor Invasiveness of Lung Adenocarcinoma Presenting as Ground-glass Nodules: A Deep Learning 3-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm-based Quantitative Analysis on Noncontrast Computed Tomography Images. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Baolian Zhao, Xiang Wang, Ke Sun, Han Kang, Kai Zhang, Hongkun Yin, Kai Liu, Yi Xiao, Shiyuan Liu
To evaluate the role of quantitative features of intranodular vessels based on deep learning in distinguishing pulmonary adenocarcinoma invasiveness.
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Score to Predict the Occurrence of Pneumothorax After Computed Tomography-guided Percutaneous Transthoracic Lung Biopsy. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Yassine Lamfichekh, Valentin Lafay, Joffrey Hamam, Alicia Guillien, Marc Puyraveau, Julien Behr, Philippe Manzoni, Paul Calame, Jean-Charles Dalphin, Guillaume Eberst, Franck Grillet, Virginie Westeel
The main objective of this study was to identify risk factors for post-percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy (PTLB) pneumothorax and to establish and validate a predictive score for pneumothorax occurrence to identify patients eligible for outpatient care.
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Comparisons of Two-dimensional Echocardiographic Aortic Dimensions between Chinese, Japanese, and Europeans. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Xiaoxia Hu, Zongwei Lin, Ying Li, Xiangyun Chen, Yuanyuan Zhao, Hongxiao Xu, Hui Sun, Xiaoqian Sun, Yan Liu, Mei Zhang, Yun Zhang, Huixia Lu, Guihua Yao
We aimed to investigate the impacts of age, gender, and race on aortic dimensions in healthy adults.
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Imaging Features of Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Diseases. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Kiran Batra, Traci N Adams
Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) are a group of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases of unclear etiology and are distinguished from diffuse parenchymal lung diseases of known cause, such as connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseases or hypersensitivity pneumonitis by history, physical exam, imaging, serologic testing, and, when necessary, histopathology. The 2013 American Thoracic
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When Emphysema Meets Fibrosis: A Pictorial Essay. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Margherita Damiani Ferretti, Maria Rita Rimondi, Maurizio Zompatori
Many lung diseases, first, tumors, are smoking-related, and it is very likely to find more than one pattern in the same patient. Airspace enlargement with fibrosis (AEF) is one of them, but it has not been deeply understood or studied yet. In fact, we think that it might still be wrongly assimilated with other conditions that have different radiological features altogether and different prognoses.
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Radiomics-based Machine Learning Methods for Volume Doubling Time Prediction of Pulmonary Ground-glass Nodules With Baseline Chest Computed Tomography. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-10 Wenjun Huang, Hanxiao Zhang, Yanming Ge, Shaofeng Duan, Yanqing Ma, Xiaoling Wang, Xiuxiu Zhou, Taohu Zhou, Wenting Tu, Yun Wang, Shiyuan Liu, Peng Dong, Li Fan
Reliable prediction of volume doubling time (VDT) is essential for the personalized management of pulmonary ground-glass nodules (GGNs). We aimed to determine the optimal VDT prediction method by comparing different machine learning methods only based on the baseline chest computed tomography (CT) images.
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A Novel Dual Energy Computed Tomography Score Correlates With Postoperative Outcomes in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Rahul D Renapurkar, Jennifer Bullen, Alain Rizk, Mostafa Abozeed, Wadih Karim, Mnahi Bin Saeedan, Michael Z Tong, Gustavo A Heresi
To compare dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) based qualitative and quantitative parameters in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension with various postoperative primary and secondary endpoints.
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Left Atrial Dysfunction in Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Assessed by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Feature-tracking. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Yingxia Yang, Minjie Lu, Xuechun Guan, Shihua Zhao, Liling Long
To evaluate the left atrial (LA) function in participants with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (AHCM) by cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT).
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The Importance of Imaging in the Assessment of Interstitial Lung Diseases. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-06-07 Michael B Sneider, Corey D Kershaw
High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is an essential component of the diagnosis and assessment of patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). In some cases, a diagnosis of ILD can be made solely based on a multidisciplinary discussion of HRCT findings and clinical evaluation. HRCT findings also inform prognosis and may influence treatment decisions. It is essential that high-quality HRCT
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Respiratory Invariant Textures From Static Computed Tomography Scans for Explainable Lung Function Characterization. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Yu-Hua Huang, Xinzhi Teng, Jiang Zhang, Zhi Chen, Zongrui Ma, Ge Ren, Feng-Ming Spring Kong, Hong Ge, Jing Cai
The inherent characteristics of lung tissue independent of breathing maneuvers may provide fundamental information for function assessment. This paper attempted to correlate textural signatures from computed tomography (CT) with pulmonary function measurements.
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Right Ventricular Strain Analysis By Tissue Tracking Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Pediatric Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Ahmed M Tawfik, Donia M Sobh, Basma Gadelhak, Mohamed M Zedan, Hoda M Sobh, Riham Eid, Nashwa Hamdy, Nihal M Batouty
To investigate right ventricular (RV) volume and mass by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and the added value of tissue tracking strain analysis as markers of RV dysfunction in pediatric patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and preserved RV ejection fraction.
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Approach to Imaging Ischemia in Women. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Purvi Parwani, Adeba Mohammad, Yuval Liberman, Diana E Litmanovich
Approach to imaging ischemia in women Coronary artery disease in women tends to have a worse short- and long-term prognosis relative to men and remains the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Both clinical symptoms and diagnostic approach remain challenging in women due to lesser likelihood of women presenting with classic anginal symptoms on one hand and underperformance of conventional exercise
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FFRCT and Static Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Therapeutic Decision-making and Prognosis in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Su Yu Li, Jian Zhong, Hong Yan Qiao, U Joseph Schoepf, Tilman Emrich, W Nicholas Butler, Rui Zuo, Yi Xue, Ya Liu, Li Yan Dai, Chang Sheng Zhou, Guang Ming Lu, Chun Xiang Tang, Long Jiang Zhang
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of integrated evaluation of resting static computed tomography perfusion (CTP) and coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA)-derived fractional flow reserve (FFRCT) on therapeutic decision-making and predicting major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
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Qualification of Ventricular Flow in Patients With Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension With 4-dimensional Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Wenqing Xu, Mei Deng, Ling Zhang, Peiyao Zhang, Qian Gao, Xincao Tao, Yanan Zhen, Xiaopeng Liu, Ning Jin, Wenhui Chen, Wanmu Xie, Min Liu
Our goal was to study both right and left ventricular blood flow in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (pre-PH) with 4-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and to analyze their correlation with cardiac functional metrics on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and hemodynamics from right heart catheterization (RHC).
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Congenital Heart Disease Illustrated: Use of Cross-sectional Imaging in Pediatric Cardiology. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Yue-Hin Loke, Saraubh Kumar Gupta, Jason Mandell, David Schidlow, Gil Wernovsky, Laura Olivieri
In the modern era of cardiac imaging, there is increasing use of cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance for visualization of congenital heart disease (CHD). Advanced visualization techniques such as virtual dissection, 3-dimensional modeling, and 4-dimensional flow are also commonly used in clinical practice. This review highlights such methods in five common forms of CHD, including
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Washout-Computed Tomography Discriminates Pulmonary “Fat-poor” Hamartomas From Neuroendocrine Neoplasms: A Simple Method in the Radiomics Era J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Luca Volterrani, Armando Perrella, Giulio Bagnacci, Nunzia Di Meglio, Vito Di Martino, Paolo Bertelli, Cristiana Bellan, Maria A. Mazzei, Luca Luzzi
Purpose: Pulmonary hamartomas (HAs) and neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are often impossible to discriminate using high-resolution computed tomography (CT) as they share morphologic features. This challenge makes differential diagnosis crucial as HAs are invariably benign, whereas NENs must be considered malignant, thus requiring them to be evaluated for surgical excision. Our aim was, therefore,
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Myocardial Contraction Fraction as a Simple Marker of Disease Severity in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Yuqi Jiang, Wei Deng, Manyu Dai, Yuguo Li, Shutian An, Yinfeng Qian, Bin Liu, Yongqiang Yu, Ren Zhao, Xiaohu Li
Purpose: Myocardial contraction fraction (MCF) of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) was used to evaluate myocardial function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which may represent a proxy marker of disease severity in HCM. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 HCM patients and 20 healthy controls were examined with CMR. MCF was calculated by dividing left ventricular stroke volume
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Computed Tomography Assessment of Coronary Atherosclerosis: From Threshold-Based Evaluation to Histologically Validated Plaque Quantification J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Akos Varga-Szemes, Pal Maurovich-Horvat, U. Joseph Schoepf, Emese Zsarnoczay, Robert Pelberg, Gregg W. Stone, Matthew J. Budoff
Arterial plaque rupture and thrombosis is the primary cause of major cardiovascular and neurovascular events. The identification of atherosclerosis, especially high-risk plaques, is therefore crucial to identify high-risk patients and to implement preventive therapies. Computed tomography angiography has the ability to visualize and characterize vascular plaques. The standard methods for plaque evaluation
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Cardiothoracic Radiologist Workload, Work Capacity, and Burnout Post-COVID: Results of a Survey From the Society of Thoracic Radiology J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-07 Cristopher A. Meyer, Jeffrey S. Klein, Rokas Liubauskas, Sanjeev Bhalla, Ronald L. Eisenberg
In this report and analysis of the results of a late 2021 post-COVID pandemic survey of members of the Society of Thoracic Radiology, we compared cardiothoracic radiologist workloads and burnout rates with those obtained from a prepandemic survey of society members. The more recent survey also asked respondents to provide a subjective assessment of their individual workload capacity should they be
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Exploring the EVolution in PrognOstic CapabiLity of MUltisequence Cardiac MagneTIc ResOnance in PatieNts Affected by Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Based on Machine Learning Analysis: Design and Rationale of the EVOLUTION Study. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Riccardo Cau, Giuseppe Muscogiuri, Francesco Pisu, Marco Gatti, Birgitta Velthuis, Christian Loewe, Filippo Cademartiri, Gianluca Pontone, Roberta Montisci, Marco Guglielmo, Sandro Sironi, Antonio Esposito, Marco Francone, Nicholas Dacher, Charles Peebles, Gorka Bastarrika, Rodrigo Salgado, Luca Saba
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a transient but severe acute myocardial dysfunction with a wide range of outcomes from favorable to life-threatening. The current risk stratification scores of TTC patients do not include cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) parameters. To date, it is still unknown whether and how clinical, trans-thoracic echocardiography (TTE), and CMR data can be integrated to improve
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Comparison of First-generation and Third-generation Dual-source Computed Tomography for Detecting Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Evaluated for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-04-01 Matthias Renker, Robert Steinbach, U. Joseph Schoepf, Ulrich Fischer-Rasokat, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Christian W. Hamm, Andreas Rolf, Won-Keun Kim
Purpose: This study compared image quality and evaluability of coronary artery disease (CAD) in routine preparatory imaging for transcatheter aortic valve replacement using 64-slice (first-generation) to 192-slice (third-generation) dual-source computed tomography(DSCT). Materials and Methods: The CT data sets of 192 patients (122 women, median age 82 y) without severe renal dysfunction or known
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Pediatric Lungs and Airways: New Paradigm for Practical Daily Clinical Use. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-31 Mark C Liszewski, Pierluigi Ciet, Abbey J Winant, Edward Y Lee
Disorders of the lungs and airways are among the most common indications for diagnostic imaging in infants and children. Traditionally, chest radiograph has been the first-line imaging test for detecting these disorders and when cross-sectional imaging is necessary, computed tomography (CT) has typically been the next step. However, due to concerns about the potentially harmful effects of ionizing
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Recent Advancements in Computed Tomography Assessment of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases. J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Garima Suman, Chi Wan Koo
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of disorders with complex and varied imaging manifestations and prognosis. High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) is the current standard-of-care imaging tool for ILD assessment. However, visual evaluation of HRCT is limited by interobserver variation and poor sensitivity for subtle changes. Such challenges have led to tremendous recent research
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Pulmonary Vein Sign on Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography in Proximal and Distal Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension With Hemodynamic Correlation J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Deepa Gopalan, Jan Y.J. Riley, Kai’en Leong, Haiwei Henry Guo, Roham T. Zamanian, Andrew Hsi, William Auger, Peter Lindholm
Background: Pulmonary vein sign (PVS) indicates abnormal pulmonary venous flow on computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is a frequent finding in proximal chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). PVS’s occurrence in distal CTEPH and correlation to disease severity is unknown. Using right heart catheterization data, we evaluated the relationship between PVS and CTEPH disease
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Opportunistic Screening for Atrial Fibrillation on Routine Chest Computed Tomography J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 William A. Parker, Davis M. Vigneault, Issac Yang, Alex Bratt, Alizee C. Marquardt, Husham Sharifi, Haiwei Henry Guo
Purpose: Quantitative biomarkers from chest computed tomography (CT) can facilitate the incidental detection of important diseases. Atrial fibrillation (AFib) substantially increases the risk for comorbid conditions including stroke. This study investigated the relationship between AFib status and left atrial enlargement (LAE) on CT. Materials and Methods: A total of 500 consecutive patients who
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Computed Tomography Features and Tumor Spread Through Air Spaces in Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Meta-analysis J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Yan Gu, Bo Zheng, Tianjing Zhao, Yingjie Fan
To compare computed tomography (CT)-based radiologic features in patients, who are diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma with the pathologically detected spread of tumor cells through air spaces (STAS positive [STAS+]) and those with no STAS. PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases were systematically searched for observational studies (either retrospective or prospective) of patients with lung adenocarcinoma
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging T1 and T2 Mapping in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Relation to Antimalarial Treatment J. Thorac. Imaging (IF 3.3) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Tamar Shalmon, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Michael A. Seidman, Rachel M. Wald, Gauri Rani Karur, Paula J. Harvey, Shadi Akhtari, Tosin Osuntokun, Kostantinos Tselios, Dafna D. Gladman, Kate Hanneman
Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at risk of cardiac disease including antimalarial-induced cardiomyopathy (AMIC). The purpose of this study is to evaluate cardiac magnetic resonance imaging parametric mapping findings in SLE patients with AMIC and investigate the relationship of T1/T2 mapping to antimalarial (AM) treatment duration. Materials and Methods: All patients