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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August 7, 2007 – Doses of radiation can vary in pediatric coronary CTA, a heart-imaging test to detect fatty or calcium ...

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July 25, 2007 – Using 64-slice coronary CT angiography as a diagnostic test poses a substantial risk of developing ...

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July 25, 2007 – Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography is highly accurate in depicting intracranial ...

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July 18, 2007 - An analysis based on computerized simulation models suggests that the lifetime risk of cancer associated ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

In the new order of the day, many experts believe that CT angiography (CTA) will replace invasive cardiac ...

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June 14, 2007 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduced a new advanced software package, SURESubtraction, for ...

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Figure 1 - As the demand for cardiology services is increasing, the supply has not kept pace. This has led to a shortage of doctors in the U.S.
Feature | Larry Sieb

In 2006, the baby boom generation (those born from 1946 - 1964) started turning 60 at the rate of 330 per hour ...

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Feature | Ryan Hiett

If the cardiologists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMC) in Jackson have been facing an uphill battle ...

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May 1, 2007 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), announced a new annual award program ...

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April 30, 2007 – Precision Imaging has opened a new, highly advanced imaging center in Jacksonville, FL, combining ...

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Rcadia Medical Imaging Ltd., an Israel-based developer of novel computer-aided diagnostic software, has received ...

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Feature | Larry Sieb

Cardiac exams represent only about five percent of all CT procedures, but cardiac CT continues to generate the ...

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Feature | Craig Walker, M.D., with contributions from Vinod Nair, M.D.

The application of computed tomography in cardiovascular practice has utilized electron beam computed tomography ...

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The COR Analyzer I by Rcadia Medical Imaging assists screening of triage patients for coronary artery disease. The ...

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Feb. 16, 2007 — Congressional staff members were informed about the latest advances in cardiac care for women ...

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