Cardiac CT
Along with a high local resolution, the cardiac CT imaging also requires a high time resolution where the image data acquisition must be synchronised with the cardiac cycle by means of parallel ECG recording, and the measuring volume must be acquired in a single breathhold cycle. The multi-slice CT copes well with these requirements as it allows for acquiring continuous volume data sets of the entire heart in 30 seconds only.
Fig. 2: MSCT in animal tests (pig); the lower image noise of the MSCT combined with good contrast and high contour definition becomes clearly apparent.
This article was first published in the VISIONS, issue 1/2001, a publication of Toshiba Medical Systems
27.08.2007
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