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.

Feature | Dave Fornell

Vendors showcase the latest medical imaging technological advances each year during the annual Radiological Society of ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Over the last 10 years, hospitals have phased out analog image intensifiers for flat-panel, digital detector angiography ...

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Feature | Carter Newton, M.D., FACC

We are at an inflection point with many aspects of medicine, not the least of which concerns choosing the correct tool ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Computed tomography (CT) scanner manufacturers say they are tracking numerous trends in the cardiac imaging market that ...

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November 3, 2011 — Infinitt North America announced that their Xelis Cardiac product has received clearance from the U.S ...

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September 27, 2011 — A study in the Sept. 27 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggests that ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

With a growing problem of overcrowded emergency departments, coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) may be a ...

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August 17, 2011 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced the election of James K. Min, M.D ...

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August 11, 2011 – GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of Optima CT660 – a compact ...

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Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is one of the most complex procedures routinely performed on a CT scanner. A ...

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July 12, 2011 – The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) has published the SCCT Guidelines on Radiation ...

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April 19, 2011 – Andrew Einstein delivered the Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award Lecture ...

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A U.S.-Egyptian research team has uncovered the earliest documented case of coronary atherosclerosis in a ...

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Feature | Dennis Sarabi, M.D., Ph.D., FACC

Computed tomography (CT) technology has developed tremendously in the past 30 years. Significant improvements in ...

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February 21, 2011 – A cardiac computed tomography (CT) report engine was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

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