Association of calcium density in the thoracic aorta with risk factors and clinical events.

Damian CraiemMariano CasciaroAriel PascanerGilles SoulatFederico GuileneaMarie-Emmanuelle SirieixAlain SimonElie Mousseaux

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• Calcifications in the aorta can be non-invasively assessed using CT images • A higher calcium score is associated with a higher cardiovascular risk • Measuring the calcifications size and the density separately can improve the risk prediction.

Keyphrases

risk factors
aortic valve
pulmonary artery
spinal cord
deep learning
computed tomography
image quality
convolutional neural network
contrast enhanced
dual energy
aortic dissection
positron emission tomography
spinal cord injury