title: Evaluation of cardiac function with ultrafast computed tomography.
abstract: Ultrafast computed tomography (UFCT) possesses many features that make it uniquely capable in performing measurements of cardiac function. Over the years, numerous validation studies have verified UFCT's ability to provide qualitative and quantitative information about cardiac performance. Documented accuracy and reproducibility in measuring functional parameters, such as volume, mass, contractility, and cardiac output, make UFCT a valuable tool in cardiac imaging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stanford
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods