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.

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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GE revolution ct systems angiography
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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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ct systems angiography clinical trial study CTA 320 anio core
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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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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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