Computed tomography recent history and future perspectives

J Hsieh, T Flohr - Journal of Medical Imaging, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Purpose: We provide a review of the key computed tomography (CT) technologies
developed since the late 1980s and offer an overview of one of the future technologies …

Radiation dose to patients from cardiac diagnostic imaging

AJ Einstein, KW Moser, RC Thompson, MD Cerqueira… - Circulation, 2007 - ahajournals.org
authored by expert panels providing specific recommendations in 1 area of radiological
protection, as well as periodically updated general recommendations, reflecting the state of …

Radiation dose reduction in computed tomography: techniques and future perspective

L Yu, X Liu, S Leng, JM Kofler… - Imaging in …, 2009 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite universal consensus that computed tomography (CT) overwhelmingly benefits
patients when used for appropriate indications, concerns have been raised regarding the …

Cardiac computed tomography: indications, applications, limitations, and training requirements: report of a Writing Group deployed by the Working Group Nuclear …

S Schroeder, S Achenbach, F Bengel… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
As a consequence of improved technology, there is growing clinical interest in the use of
multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) for non-invasive coronary angiography …

Prospectively Gated Transverse Coronary CT Angiography versus Retrospectively Gated Helical Technique: Improved Image Quality and Reduced Radiation Dose1

JP Earls, EL Berman, BA Urban, CA Curry, JL Lane… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To retrospectively compare image quality, radiation dose, and blood vessel
assessability for coronary artery computed tomographic (CT) angiograms obtained with a …

Feasibility of low-dose coronary CT angiography: first experience with prospective ECG-gating

L Husmann, I Valenta, O Gaemperli… - European heart …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Aims To determine the feasibility of prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gating to achieve
low-dose computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA). Methods and results Forty …

Prospective versus Retrospective ECG Gating for 64-Detector CT of the Coronary Arteries: Comparison of Image Quality and Patient Radiation Dose1

WP Shuman, KR Branch, JM May, LM Mitsumori… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To compare image quality and patient radiation dose in a group of patients who
underwent 64-detector computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography performed with …

Prognostic value of multislice computed tomography and gated single-photon emission computed tomography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

JM van Werkhoven, JD Schuijf, O Gaemperli… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study was designed to determine whether multislice computed tomography
(MSCT) coronary angiography has incremental prognostic value over single-photon …

Prospective versus Retrospective ECG-gated 64-Detector Coronary CT Angiography: Assessment of Image Quality, Stenosis, and Radiation Dose1

N Hirai, J Horiguchi, C Fujioka, M Kiguchi… - Radiology, 2008 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose: To show that prospective electrocardiographically (ECG)-triggered coronary
computed tomographic (CT) angiography (hereafter, prospective CT angiography) is at least …

Recent advances in CT image reconstruction

J Hsieh, B Nett, Z Yu, K Sauer, JB Thibault… - Current Radiology …, 2013 - Springer
Over the past two decades, rapid system and hardware development of x-ray computed
tomography (CT) technologies has been accompanied by equally exciting advances in …