Recent technologies in cardiac imaging

Quinn Counseller; Yasser Aboelkassem

doi:10.3389/fmedt.2022.984492

Recent technologies in cardiac imaging

Front Med Technol. 2023 Jan 10:4:984492. doi: 10.3389/fmedt.2022.984492. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Quinn Counseller¹, Yasser Aboelkassem^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Flint, MI, United States.
² College of Innovation and Technology, University of Michigan, Flint, MI, United States.
³ Michigan Institute for Data Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.

Abstract

Cardiac imaging allows physicians to view the structure and function of the heart to detect various heart abnormalities, ranging from inefficiencies in contraction, regulation of volumetric input and output of blood, deficits in valve function and structure, accumulation of plaque in arteries, and more. Commonly used cardiovascular imaging techniques include x-ray, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), echocardiogram, and positron emission tomography (PET)/single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). More recently, even more tools are at our disposal for investigating the heart's physiology, performance, structure, and function due to technological advancements. This review study summarizes cardiac imaging techniques with a particular interest in MRI and CT, noting each tool's origin, benefits, downfalls, clinical application, and advancement of cardiac imaging in the near future.

Keywords: CT; MRI; artificial technology; cardiac imaging technologies; machine learning; multimodal.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

Research reported in this publication has been supported by the Graduate Student Research Assistantship (GSRA) position (QC) and the start up fund (YA), University of Michigan, Flint.