Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Sapienza University
Fellowships
Medical University of South Carolina
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- AI-Driven Quantitative Coronary CT Angiography in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Multicenter CONFIRM2 Registry.
van Rosendael A, Nakanishi R, Bax JJ, Pontone G, Mushtaq S, Buechel RR, Gräni C, Feuchtner G, Lacaita PG, Patel AR, Singulane CC, Choi AD, Al-Mallah M, Andreini D, Karlsberg RP, Cho GW, Rochitte CE, Alasnag M, Hamdan A, Cademartiri F, Maffei E, Marques H, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Gupta H, Hadamitzky M, Khalique O, Kalra D, Mills JD, Nurmohamed NS, Knaapen P, Budoff M, Shaikh K, Martin E, German DM, Ferencik M, Oehler AC, Deaño R, Nagpal P, van Assen M, De Cecco CN, Kamperidis V, Foldyna B, Brendel JM, Cheng VY, Branch KR, Bittencourt M, Bhatti S, Polsani V, Wesbey G, Cardoso R, Blankstein R, Delago A, Pursnani A, Alsaid A, Bloom S, Aquino M, Danad I
JACC. Advances. 2026;5(3):102618.
PMID: 41906604 - Artificial intelligence as medical device in radiology in 2025: the regulatory scenario in the EU, USA, and China.
Pesapane F, De Cecco C, Wang H, Hauglid MK, Sardanelli F
European radiology. 2026;
PMID: 41832928 - Coronary Plaque Progression After Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Men With Prostate Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Patel SA, Yadalam AK, van Assen M, Cantu SM, Onnis C, Zheng B, Koo A, Goyal S, Liu Y, Liu C, Sebastian NT, Dhere VR, Hershatter BW, Patel PR, Chaudagar K, Stillman AE, De Cecco CN, Sanda MG, Jani AB, Mandawat A
JAMA cardiology. 2026;
PMID: 41706486 - Artificial Intelligence in Coronary Computed Tomography: Current Applications, Future Potentials, and Real-world Challenges.
Giarletta L, Zhou B, Marano R, De Cecco CN, van Assen M
Journal of thoracic imaging. 2026;
PMID: 41527165 - Distribution of coronary artery calcium volume and density by age, sex, and race using AI-based quantification algorithm.
Gershon G, Zhou K, Yang Y, Yan X, Barr J, Razavi AC, Rapaka S, Dzaye O, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Sperling LS, Jacobson TA, De Cecco CN, van Assen M
Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 2026;20(1):63-69.
PMID: 41482498 - Demographic and regional disparities in acute kidney injury-related heart failure mortality among American adults from 1999 to 2023: A retrospective cohort study using the CDC WONDER database.
Maniya MT, Siddiqi AK, Ali KM, Ayalew BD, Saqib S, Garcia M, Quintana RA, Amin S, Dabbagh MF, De Cecco CN, Abdou MH, Naeem M
JRSM cardiovascular disease. 2025;
PMID: 41394032 - Deep Active Learning for Lung Disease Severity Classification from Chest X-rays: Learning with Less Data in the Presence of Class Imbalance.
Gabriel RM, Zandehshahvar M, van Assen M, Kittisut N, Peters K, De Cecco CN, Adibi A
Journal of imaging informatics in medicine. 2025;
PMID: 41369959 - Prognostic Value of AI-Based Quantitative Coronary CTA vs Human Reader-Based Visual Assessment: Results From the CONFIRM2 Registry.
van Rosendael A, Nakanishi R, Bax JJ, Pontone G, Mushtaq S, Buechel RR, Gräni C, Feuchtner G, Lacaita PG, Patel AR, Singulane CC, Choi AD, Al-Mallah M, Andreini D, Karlsberg RP, Cho GW, Rochitte CE, Alasnag M, Hamdan A, Cademartiri F, Maffei E, Marques H, Gonçalves PA, Gupta H, Hadamitzky M, Khalique O, Kalra D, Mills JD, Nurmohamed NS, Knaapen P, Budoff M, Shaikh K, Martin E, German DM, Ferencik M, Oehler AC, Deaño R, Nagpal P, van Assen M, De Cecco CN, Kamperidis V, Foldyna B, Brendel JM, Cheng VY, Branch KR, Bittencourt M, Bhatti S, Polsani V, Wesbey G, Cardoso R, Blankstein R, Delago A, Pursnani A, Alsaid A, Singh V, Aquino M, Park J, Danad I
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 2026;19(3):345-359.
PMID: 41324522 - Coronary artery calcium burden across the pooled cohort equation versus the American Heart Association PREVENT risk calculator.
Gershon GS, Barr JR, Razavi AC, Yang Y, Momin E, Dzaye O, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Blumenthal RS, Sperling LS, De Cecco CN, van Assen M
American journal of preventive cardiology. 2025;
PMID: 41078705 - Impact of Deep Learning-based Artificial Intelligence Assistance on Reader Agreement in Coronary CT Angiography Interpretation.
Farì R, van Assen M, Quintana R, von Knebel Doeberitz P, Böttcher B, Ligabue G, Rezai A, Schoebinger M, Fung GSK, De Cecco CN
Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging. 2025;7(5):e240563.
PMID: 41065550
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