The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced finalists for the seventh annual Toshiba Young Investigator Award, sponsored by Toshiba America Medical Systems.
The finalists are as follows:
- Dr. Marcio Bittencourt
- Dr. Taylor Dowsley
- Dr. Kate Hanneman
- Dr. Ryo Nakazato, PhD
- Dr. Fabian Plank
The program supports the professional and clinical development of top radiology residents and cardiology fellows within five years of completing a training program, SCCT said. Finalists will give an oral presentation at SCCT's annual scientific meeting to be held in July in Montreal; all five finalists will be granted a free year of SCCT membership, a $1,000 travel stipend, and free registration to the meeting.
SCCT will announce two winners at the meeting, and their manuscripts will be eligible for priority peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)