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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July 9, 2008 – The American Heart Association recently issued new guidelines for computed tomography (CT) and magnetic ...

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June 2, 2008 - Computed tomography angiography (CTA) offers a way to more quickly and cost effectively identify patients ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

What makes cardiologists more capable of reading cardiac imaging exams than other physicians such as radiologists, who ...

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May 28, 2008 - Adding noninvasive imaging to current risk-assessment protocols may identify more people who are at risk ...

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May 28, 2008 - A team of cardiologists, radiologists and front-line physicians at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray ...

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April 23, 2008 - In detecting pulmonary embolisms (PE), researchers found that for the detection of PE it is as ...

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April 14, 2008 - Contrast-enhanced MR imaging is significantly superior to 16 slice multidetector CT in the ...

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April 2, 2008 - The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) said that the recent multi-center study presented ...

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March 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. received FDA clearance for two new CT clinical applications ...

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March 12, 2008 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today decided not to move forward with its proposed ...

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Feature | Amy Ballard, MEd

Not so long ago, 64-slice computed tomography (CT) systems with their breakthrough technology were newly released for ...

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March 10, 2008 – The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA, today praised the 88 Members of ...

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March 4, 2008 - By using a dual-source technique on a single computed tomography (CT) system, a research team at the ...

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The Philips 256-slice Brilliance iCT scanner provides 8 centimeters of coverage, covering the entire heart in two ...

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February 19, 2008 – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) urges the medical community to oppose cuts to medical ...

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