CT Angiography (CTA)

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for CT systems use a series of X-ray images to create an image volume datasetthatcan slices or manipulated on any plane using advanced visualization software. The section includes computed tomography scanners, CT contrast agents, CT angiography (CTA and CCTA), CT perfusion, spectral CT (dual souce CT), and interative reconstruction dose reduction software. Find more news on cardic CT in the Society of Cariovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) channel page.

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The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual meeting July 10-13 in San Diego covered the latest CT ...
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DAIC Editor Dave Fornell explains some of the most innovative new cardiovascular CT technology displayed at the Society ...

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Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Past President Matthew Budoff, M.D., explains some of the new ...

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July 8, 2014 — Humana Inc. announced earlier this year an expanded coverage policy for cardiac CT (computed tomography) ...

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CT image showing calcium along a coronary artery. CT calcium scoring aggregates a score based on all of these deposits to assess a patient's overall risk of having a heart attack.
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There has been growing clinical evidence to show computed tomography (CT) coronary artery calcium scoring shows a close ...

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May 21, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared Siemens Healthcare's Somatom Force computed ...

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May 20, 2014 — Siemens Healthcare announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the 16- and 32-slice ...

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April 15, 2014 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) market clearance for the GE Healthcare ...
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The biggest news item from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 63rd Annual Scientific Session ...

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April 7, 2014 — Coronary artery calcium scoring, a test that measures the amount and pattern of calcium that has ...
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The annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) scientific assembly and annual meeting is where imaging systems ...
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A calcium scoring CT scan (CAC) showing a the calcified lesions in the coronary arteries that are color coded based on which artery segment they are located in. An aggregate assessment of all of calcifications offer a good estimate of a patients risk for a heart attack.
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December 26, 2013 — A study shows that coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, an assessment tool that is not currently ...
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December 9, 2013 — GE Healthcare announced at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2013) in ...
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The largest medical imaging show in the world is the annual Radiological Society of ...

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November 22, 2013 — A 320-detector computed tomography (CT) scanner that shows both anatomy within coronary arteries and ...

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