Value-added opportunistic CT screening: state of the art

PJ Pickhardt - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Opportunistic CT screening leverages robust imaging data embedded within abdominal and
thoracic scans that are generally unrelated to the specific clinical indication and have …

Opportunistic Screening: Radiology Scientific Expert Panel

PJ Pickhardt, RM Summers, JW Garrett, A Krishnaraj… - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
Radiologic tests often contain rich imaging data not relevant to the clinical indication.
Opportunistic screening refers to the practice of systematically leveraging these incidental …

A deep learning system for automated kidney stone detection and volumetric segmentation on noncontrast CT scans

DC Elton, EB Turkbey, PJ Pickhardt… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Early detection and size quantification of renal calculi are important for optimizing
treatment and preventing severe kidney stone disease. Prior work has shown that volumetric …

Opportunistic screening at abdominal CT: use of automated body composition biomarkers for added cardiometabolic value

PJ Pickhardt, PM Graffy, AA Perez, MG Lubner… - Radiographics, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Abdominal CT is a frequently performed imaging examination for a wide variety of clinical
indications. In addition to the immediate reason for scanning, each CT examination contains …

Abdominal CT body composition thresholds using automated AI tools for predicting 10-year adverse outcomes

MH Lee, R Zea, JW Garrett, PM Graffy, RM Summers… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background CT-based body composition measures derived from fully automated artificial
intelligence tools are promising for opportunistic screening. However, body composition …

CT-derived body composition assessment as a prognostic tool in oncologic patients: from opportunistic research to artificial intelligence–based clinical implementation

DDB Bates, PJ Pickhardt - American Journal of …, 2022 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
Please see the Editorial Comment by James S. Jelinek discussing this article. CT-based
body composition measures are well established in research settings as prognostic markers …

Intrapatient changes in CT-based body composition after initiation of semaglutide (glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist) therapy

LW Nelson, MH Lee, JW Garrett… - American Journal of …, 2024 - ajronline.org
BACKGROUND. The long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist semaglutide is
used to treat type 2 diabetes or obesity in adults. Clinical trials have observed associations …

Fully automated abdominal CT biomarkers for type 2 diabetes using deep learning

H Tallam, DC Elton, S Lee, P Wakim, PJ Pickhardt… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background CT biomarkers both inside and outside the pancreas can potentially be used to
diagnose type 2 diabetes mellitus. Previous studies on this topic have shown significant …

Artificial intelligence and machine learning in aortic disease

LD Hahn, K Baeumler, A Hsiao - Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Multiple ML techniques have potential for characterization and risk prediction of aortic
aneurysm, dissection, coarctation, and atherosclerotic disease on computed tomography …

Clinical artificial intelligence applications in radiology: chest and abdomen

S Lee, RM Summers - Radiologic Clinics, 2021 - radiologic.theclinics.com
How wonderful would it be if an automated assistant would go through our daily chest
radiographs and sort out the ones that need our immediate attention; or maybe pick out the …