Cardiovascular and Thoracic Imaging: Trends, Perspectives and Prospects

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Medical equipment and techniques; arrhythmia; artifact; asbestos-exposition; asbestosis; bronchiolitis obliterans; carcinoid tumor; cardiac; chronic obstructive; CMR; compressed sensing; computed tomography; computer-assisted; congenital heart disease; diagnostic imaging; dual-energy CT; extra-cellular volume; fast imaging; function; GUCH; heart; helical computed tomography; HRCT; image processing; image quality; iodine; lung; lung transplantation; lymphatic metastasis; magnetic resonance; multidetector computed tomography; myocarditis; neoplasm metastasis; neuroendocrine cells; photon-counting detectors; pulmonary disease; radiation dosage; real-time; real-time imaging; retrogating; retrospective; thorax
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication

 Radiology is evolving at a fast pace, and the specific field of cardiovascular and thoracic imaging is no stranger to that trend. While it could, at first, seem unusual to gather these two specialties in a common Issue, the very fact that many of us are trained and exercise in both is more than a hint to the common grounds these fields are sharing. From the ever-increasing role of artificial intelligence in the reconstruction, segmentation, and analysis of images to the quest of functionality derived from anatomy, their interplay is big, and one innovation developed with the former in mind could prove useful for the latter. If the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has shed light on the decisive diagnostic role of chest CT and, to a lesser extent, cardiac MR, one must not forget the major advances and extensive researches made possible in other areas by these techniques in the past years. With this Issue, we aim at encouraging and wish to bring to light state-of-the-art reviews, novel original researches, and ongoing discussions on the multiple aspects of cardiovascular and chest imaging.