In the last decade, great progress has been made in cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear imaging, coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography.
Currently, the use of speckle-tracking echocardiography allows early detection of cardiac pathology coupled with a reduction in inter-operator variability assessment. Cardiac magnetic resonance is now the gold standard technique to assess biventricular dimensions and function and for the non-invasive myocardial tissue characterization. Coronary computed tomography allows the non-invasive assessment of coronary arteries and provides crucial information on plaque characteristics. Hybrid cardiac imaging combining different techniques appears to offer additional diagnostic and prognostic information. Recently, the introduction of artificial intelligence in the analysis of modern cardiac imaging has also shown newer diagnostic potential.
This Research Topic aims to review the latest technical advances in cardiovascular imaging, including the new tools or algorithms and also their current applications. A major aim of this specialty section is to provide a forum for interaction between clinicians, scientists, engineers, and biologists with an interest in cardiovascular imaging. Future developments in technology are likely to highlight the role of cardiovascular imaging in the evaluation of underlying pathophysiologic processes thus unifying pathophysiology, molecular medicine, and cardiovascular imaging. To this end, multimodality imaging has the potential to provide an unprecedented amount of diagnostic information including an accurate depiction of coronary anatomy, atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia, and tissue characterization. Accordingly, this project's goal is to highlight the impact that the novel imaging tools will have in real-world clinical practice.
We welcome submissions of Reviews and Original Research articles that cover novel aspects of cardiac imaging in a wide spectrum of cardiac diseases, including coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias. Reports must be original with the aim to significantly advance the field to be considered. All submitted articles should refer to cardiovascular imaging in the title to be included in this Research Topic.
Specific topics we are most interested in include:
1) Novel coronary imaging tools and how they compare to functional tests.
2) The emerging clinical role of artificial intelligence in the echo lab.
3) Non-invasive coronary functional assessment using computed tomography.
4) The future of myocardial scintigraphy in cardiovascular diagnostics.
5) Current indications of cardiac magnetic resonance without late gadolinium enhancement.
In the last decade, great progress has been made in cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear imaging, coronary angiography, intravascular ultrasound, and optical coherence tomography.
Currently, the use of speckle-tracking echocardiography allows early detection of cardiac pathology coupled with a reduction in inter-operator variability assessment. Cardiac magnetic resonance is now the gold standard technique to assess biventricular dimensions and function and for the non-invasive myocardial tissue characterization. Coronary computed tomography allows the non-invasive assessment of coronary arteries and provides crucial information on plaque characteristics. Hybrid cardiac imaging combining different techniques appears to offer additional diagnostic and prognostic information. Recently, the introduction of artificial intelligence in the analysis of modern cardiac imaging has also shown newer diagnostic potential.
This Research Topic aims to review the latest technical advances in cardiovascular imaging, including the new tools or algorithms and also their current applications. A major aim of this specialty section is to provide a forum for interaction between clinicians, scientists, engineers, and biologists with an interest in cardiovascular imaging. Future developments in technology are likely to highlight the role of cardiovascular imaging in the evaluation of underlying pathophysiologic processes thus unifying pathophysiology, molecular medicine, and cardiovascular imaging. To this end, multimodality imaging has the potential to provide an unprecedented amount of diagnostic information including an accurate depiction of coronary anatomy, atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia, and tissue characterization. Accordingly, this project's goal is to highlight the impact that the novel imaging tools will have in real-world clinical practice.
We welcome submissions of Reviews and Original Research articles that cover novel aspects of cardiac imaging in a wide spectrum of cardiac diseases, including coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathies, valvular heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias. Reports must be original with the aim to significantly advance the field to be considered. All submitted articles should refer to cardiovascular imaging in the title to be included in this Research Topic.
Specific topics we are most interested in include:
1) Novel coronary imaging tools and how they compare to functional tests.
2) The emerging clinical role of artificial intelligence in the echo lab.
3) Non-invasive coronary functional assessment using computed tomography.
4) The future of myocardial scintigraphy in cardiovascular diagnostics.
5) Current indications of cardiac magnetic resonance without late gadolinium enhancement.