The Future of Cardiac Imaging

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Vol. 9; no. 10; pp. 1211 - 1223
• Main Authors: Douglas, Pamela S., MD, Cerqueira, Manuel D., MD, Berman, Daniel S., MD, Chinnaiyan, Kavitha, MD, Cohen, Meryl S., MD, Lundbye, Justin B., MD, Patel, Rajan A.G., MD, Sengupta, Partho P., MD, Soman, Prem, MD, PhD, Weissman, Neil J., MD, Wong, Timothy C., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.10.2016
• Subjects: cardiac imaging; cardiac service line; Cardiovascular; imaging training; informatics; innovation; innovation; computed tomography; ACC; myocardial perfusion imaging; Echo; cardiac imaging; echocardiography; MPI; cardiac service line; American College of Cardiology; informatics; imaging training; CT; positron emission tomography; PET
• ISSN: 1936-878X; 1876-7591
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.02.027

Abstract The American College of Cardiology’s Executive Committee and Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council convened a discussion regarding the future of cardiac imaging among thought leaders in the field during a 2 day Think Tank. Participants were charged with thinking broadly about the future of imaging and developing a roadmap to address critical challenges. Key areas of discussion included: 1) how can cardiac imaging services thrive in our new world of value-based health care? 2) Who is the cardiac imager of the future and what is the role of the multimodality imager? 3) How can we nurture innovation and research in imaging? And 4) how can we maximize imaging information and optimize outcomes? This document describes the proceedings of this Think Tank.