Yousuf Zakko

About me

Senior Consultant, Medical Unit Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital.
Section Head for the Thoracic–MSK Section, Medical Unit Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital.

Investigating the impact of kidney transplantation on coronary artery calcification. I am also conducting research on myocardial perfusion and extracellular volume using photon‑counting CT, with comparative analyses against cardiac MRI.

Journal article: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES. 2026;43(2):e70405
Fixed Traits, Changeable Paths: What We Inherit, What We Influence, and the Future of Coronary Health.
Muscogiuri G; Zakko Y
Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2021;11:737368
A Comparative Study of Radiomics and Deep-Learning Based Methods for Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Prediction in Low Dose CT Images
Astaraki M; Yang G; Zakko Y; Toma-Dasu I; Smedby O; Wang C
Article: PHYSICA MEDICA-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS. 2021;83:146-153
Benign-malignant pulmonary nodule classification in low-dose CT with convolutional features
Astaraki M; Zakko Y; Dasu IT; Smedby O; Wang C
Article: ACTA RADIOLOGICA. 2020;61(5):662-667
Is sub-mSv CT for evaluation of non-specific findings in bone scintigraphy of oncological patients feasible?
Zakko Y; Thor D; Savitcheva I; Sundvall A; Wassberg C; Koskinen SK; Axelsson R