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.

Two examples of CT myocardial perfusion (CTP) imaging assessment software. Canon is on the left and GE Healthcare is on the right. Both of these technologies have been around for a few years, but there have been an increasing amount of clinical data from studies showing the accuracy of the technology compared to nuclear imaging, the current stand of care for myocardial perfusion imaging, and cardiac MRI.

Feature | CT Angiography (CTA) | Dave Fornell, Editor

New Technologies Take Cardiac CT to the Next Level

Here is an overview of a few of the biggest technology advances in cardiovascular computed tomography (CT). These are ...

June 08, 2020

Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures, Diagnostic Tests. #COVID19 #SARScov2

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Societies Issue Guide to Safely Resume Cardiovascular Procedures and Tests

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) together with other North American cardiovascular societies issued a framework ...

June 03, 2020

News | Cardiac Imaging

RSNA Annual Medical Imaging Meeting Goes Virtual for 2020 Due to COVID-19

May 27, 2020 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its 106^th Scientific Assembly and ...

May 27, 2020

AMID's high definition blood flow tracking software for echocardiography.

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Medis Acquires Cardiovascular Advanced Imaging Vendor AMID

May 12, 2020 — Medis acquired Advanced Medical Imaging Development S.r.l. (AMID), a developer and supplier specialized ...

May 12, 2020

News | Cardiac Imaging

New Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Guidelines for Competitive Athletes Created

May 11, 2020 – Competitive athletes are a rapidly growing population worldwide. Habitual vigorous exercise, a defining ...

May 11, 2020

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: CT and POCUS Emerge As Frontline Cardiac Imaging Modalities in COVID-19 Era

Interview with Geoffrey Rose, M.D., president of Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute with Atrium Health, in Charlotte ...

May 07, 2020

#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Chest CT findings of pediatric patients with COVID-19 on transaxial images. (a) Male, 2 months old, 2 days after symptom onset. Patchy ground-glass opacities GGO in the right lower lobe

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Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging Releases New COVID-19 Findings in Children

May 5, 2020 — Children and teenagers with COVID-19 showed distinctive clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings ...

May 05, 2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

SCCT Plans to Make 2020 Annual Meeting Virtual Due to COVID-19

May 5, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced plans this week to hold its annual ...

May 05, 2020

Figure 4 for the study. Images of a 65-year-old man (patient 6). (a) Cardiac MRI perfusion shows perfusion deficit of anterior/anterolateral wall attributed to left anterior descending artery/left circumflex artery (*). (b) CT coronary angiography. (c) Coronary angiography, left anterior oblique projection with caudal angulation. (d) Three-dimensional image fusion helped refine diagnosis: perfusion deficits (*) were most likely caused by narrow first diagonal branch and its first, stented side branch (arrow

News | Cardiac Imaging

3-D Fusion Imaging Improves Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis

May 4, 2020 – A new technique that combines computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging MRI can bolster ...

May 04, 2020

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: COVID-19 Precautions for Cardiac Imaging

Stephen Bloom, M.D., FASNC, director of nonivasive cardiology (cardiac CT, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography) at M ...

April 18, 2020

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | Dave Fornell, Editor

Cardiac Imaging Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cases of acute cardiovascular disease and cardiac complications caused by COVID-19 require cardiovascular imaging ...

April 18, 2020

An example of a coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam. The CIAO study looked at patients who have a problem of blood flow limitation and chest pain symptoms in the absence of a 50 percent or more artery narrowing, known as ischemia with no obstructive CAD, or INOCA.

News | Cardiac Imaging

ISCHEMIA Sub-study Shows Chest Pain, Stress Tests Warrant Attention Even If Arteries Are Clear

April 3, 2020 — Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not ...

April 03, 2020

Videos | FFR Technologies

VIDEO: Use of FFR-CT to Non-invasively Evaluate Coronary Lesion Severity

James Udelson, M.D., chief of the division of cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, explains how cardiac computed tomography ...

March 26, 2020

News | CT Angiography (CTA)

SCCT Issues Expert Consensus on CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

March 16, 2020 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) released a new expert consensus document on ...

March 16, 2020

A 3-D CT reconstruction of an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) can be seen arising from the left sinus of valsalva in a short-axis equivalent view. ASE issues New Guidelines for Multimodality Imaging of Congenital Coronary Anomalies

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New Guidelines for Multimodality Imaging of Congenital Coronary Anomalies

March 5, 2020 — Experts in the medical imaging community have developed a new, landmark consensus document to optimize ...

March 05, 2020