http://www.scctchina.org/about/about.html#zjz国际心血管CT协会 (SCCT) and China Forum Introduction The International Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) is a non-profit international academic organization founded by European and American It is an unofficial non-profit international academic organization and is the most authoritative international academic institution in the field of cardiovascular CT. Sun Kai, Department of Radiology, Baotou Central Hospital SCCT is committed to international academic exchange and professional training, and holds an annual academic conference, rotating through different cities in the U.S. The 10th annual conference will be held in 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The annual academic meeting brings together about 700 internationally renowned experts and peers in the field, inviting CT equipment manufacturers, workstations, pharmaceutical companies, academic groups, publishers, etc. for conventions and on-site operational training, etc. The SCCT conducts daily management, contact and operations through a permanent office, distributes information through its official website (http://www.scct.org), and gives all members SCCT sends newsletters or reminders of important events, as well as case of the month consultations to all members. Through the above-mentioned website, you can not only get information, but also apply for international membership. By becoming a member, you will have free access to the full text of the official academic journal JCCT (Journal of Cardiovascular CT), and in particular to the first “expert consensus and guidelines” on cardiovascular CT published in the journal. As a member, you also get free access to its monthly case studies, a 50% discount on textbooks and annual meeting lecture videos, and a discount on registration fees for the annual meeting. The SCCT currently has about 4,000 members, about 60% of whom are cardiologists, 30% are radiologists, and 10% are other physicians. To date, 11 countries and regions other than the United States have applied for and established the International Regional Committee (IRC), in the order of their establishment: Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Latin America, Brazil, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Korea, China, and Israel. The SCCT China Regional Committee (SCCT China-IRC) was established on February 26, 2013, and was announced on the SCCT website. More than 70 doctors from mainland China have applied to join the SCCT and become international members, and 11 of them have been provisionally appointed as members of the Committee (Faculty), chaired by Prof. Yang Li and co-chaired by Prof. Lu Bin.