The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has announced that three radiology and cardiology trainees were recently selected as finalists for the 15th annual Canon Young Investigator Awards in cardiovascular CT.
The following three finalists will give oral presentations of their manuscript before an independent panel of judges:
- Dr. Omar Dzaye, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- Dr. Andrew Lin, PhD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
- Dr. Hidenobu Takagi, PhD, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
One winner will be selected and announced at the closing ceremony of the 2021 SCCT annual meeting on July 17. Each award winner's manuscript will be eligible for priority peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.
The contest is sponsored by Canon Medical Systems USA.
![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)
