Dear AuntMinnie Member,
Primary care providers (PCPs) want radiologists to include incidental findings from CT imaging in their reports, but they're not very confident in the AI technology that flags these results. In this month's featured story, we're highlighting a survey conducted by researchers at Harvard University that outlined primary care providers' awareness of and concerns about the use of AI with CT imaging, what they know about opportunistic findings flagged on CT exams, and how they'd prefer incidental results to be reported. Get all the details here.
Once you've read that story, navigate over to our CT content area for more reporting on the modality, including an interview with Judy Yee, MD, of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center in New York, about the effect of Medicare coverage on utilization of CT colonography. Then check out our article on what Egyptian researchers found when they used CT to "virtually dissect" an ancient mummy.
We're also showcasing presentations from July's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting, including -- but not limited to -- the following (search the site for "SCCT" to take a look at our full coverage):
- In a podcast, SCCT President Edward Nicol, MD, of London's Royal Brompton and Chelsea and Westminster Hospitals, gave an overview of the state of cardiac CT.
- Tessa Cook, MD, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia discussed ethics and AI for cardiovascular CT in another podcast.
- Dynamic CT perfusion plus cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) improves the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, according to a team from Spain.
- Research highlighted photon-counting CT's potential for boosting cardiac CT performance and described how gadolinium-based contrast agents can be used in aortic stenosis patients being considered for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
- Using AI with CT imaging can help identify patients who could benefit from preventative cardiology services, according to findings presented at the SCCT meeting.
- CCTA can show plaque burden progression in firefighters, according to another SCCT talk.
Finally, don't miss our reports on the use of CT imaging markers to identify patients at risk of type 2 diabetes and how contrast-enhanced cardiac CT helps localize fatty tissue in the heart.
Keep apprised about CT's many uses and innovations by visiting our CT content area often, and if you have CT-related topics you'd like us to consider, please contact me.
