title: The Future of Cardiac Imaging: Report of a Think Tank Convened by the American College of Cardiology.
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.
authors.affiliation: Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Electronic address: pamela.douglas@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Pamela S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.affiliation: Imaging and Heart and Vascular Institutes, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Manuel D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Cerqueira
authors.affiliation: Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Daniel S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan.
authors.forename: Kavitha
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chinnaiyan
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Meryl S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Central Connecticut, New Britain, Connecticut.
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lundbye
authors.affiliation: John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: Rajan A G
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Partho P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Prem
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soman
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Timothy C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005544:Forecasting; D006126:Group Processes; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013850:Thinking
keywords: cardiac imaging; cardiac service line; imaging training; informatics; innovation