Scientists from the Research Institute of Cardiology at the Tomsk Research Medical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Tomsk Polytechnic University have developed a programme that automatically processes CT scans of the heart and determines the volume and density of fatty tissue around it.
This tissue plays an important role: it protects the heart, participates in metabolism, and secretes substances that affect inflammatory processes. In heart disease, it is the first to “signal” problems – its volume and density change.
Until now, doctors have determined such changes manually: it was necessary to trace the heart on dozens of images, which took a lot of time and required experience. It does this automatically. The programme works quickly — on average, only 22 seconds per study, and the accuracy of its results is comparable to that of a specialist. This is reported by the official
website of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
“This saves the doctor’s time and allows changes to be detected at an early stage. It helps to prescribe treatment faster and select therapy more accurately,” explained Konstantin Zavadovsky, Head of the radiology department at the Research Institute of Cardiology, Doctor of Medical Sciences.
The programme is based on artificial intelligence algorithms and is already patented.
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