Researchers Use Radiomics to Predict Heart Attacks (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Researchers Use Radiomics to Predict Heart Attacks

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Representative images from two patients demonstrate the use of a radiomic signature (RS) to discriminate vulnerable plaques defined with intravascular US. (A–C) Images depict a vulnerable plaque with a high RS. (A) Image from coronary CT angiography (CCTA) shows a partially calcified plaque (arrow) with RS value of 0.56 in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD). (B) Corresponding axial CCTA image shows the plaque with low-attenuation area (circle, 25 HU). (C) Corresponding intravascular US scan confirms the plaque as an attenuated plaque (*). (D–F) Images show a nonvulnerable plaque with low RS. (D, E) CCTA images show a partially calcified plaque (arrow in D) with RS value of 0.50 in the proximal left anterior descending artery. (F) Corresponding intravascular US scan confirms the plaque as a partially calcified plaque without echo attenuation and echolucent zone. High versus low RS lesion was defined using an optimal cut-off value of 0.53 (range, 0.46–0.58).

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