title: Ultrafast cardiac CT scanning.
abstract: Computerized tomography (CT) represents the optimal theoretic approach to x-ray imaging. Ultrafast CT is an emerging imaging modality that has been shown to be highly applicable to quantitative determinations of ventricular mass, right and left ventricular volumes, and global and regional left ventricular function in a variety of cardiac pathologic states. This article examines the clinical capability of ultrafast CT and attempts to answer some concerning questions that may be raised.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rumberger
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lipton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002302:Cardiac Output; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*