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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By Dave Fornell, DAIC editor


The Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) ...

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CT FFR, HeartFlow
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November 1, 2013 — Clinical trial results demonstrated that a noninvasive coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) ...
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September 30, 2013 — Critical Diagnostics announced the clinical study, “Head-to-head comparison of two myocardial ...

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CTA, CCTA, CT angiography
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In an era when increasing efficiency, reducing costs and facing an increasing influx in the number of patients is of ...
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Diagnosing Pericardial Disease Using Multi-modality Imaging Protocols
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August 30, 2013 — To counter the significant levels of morbidity and mortality associated with pericardial disease ...

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August 15, 2013 — Former President George W. Bush underwent heart surgery on the morning of Aug. 6, 2013, to receive a s ...

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August 6, 2013 — A clinical study of two sets of 894 matched emergency department (ED) patients presenting with chest ...

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An example of iterative reconstruction image reconstruction to improve the image quality of low dose CT scans to enable lower dose imaging
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Radiation exposure from multidetector computed tomography (CT) has become a pressing public health concern in both lay ...

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July 8, 2013 — North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) announced it has installed the most advanced cardiac computed ...

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Mummies Egypt Atherosclerosis CT Systems
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March 13, 2013 — Atherosclerosis is usually considered to be a disease of modern human beings, related to contemporary ...

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February 27, 2013 —  The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has released a list of five interventions ...

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Toshiba Medical Systems NIH Clinical Study CT System
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February 5, 2013 — A new computed tomography (CT) scanner substantially reduces potentially harmful radiation while ...

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Top stories of 2012 in cardiology
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To help identify trends and find out what DAIC readers are interested in, the magazine takes note of what they click on ...

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January 7, 2013 — At RSNA 2012, GE Healthcare announced a first-of-its-kind agreement with the University of Wisconsin ...

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January 3, 2013 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced the publication of the SCCT Expert ...

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