Clinical usefulness of the cardiac multi-detector-row CT.
Along with improvement of the temporal and special resolution, multi-detector-row CT has become able to generate artifact-less heart images. We discuss the potential benefits of the newly developed cardiac application, demonstrating informative cases.Two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) cardiac images were produced throughout one cardiac cycle. By paging 2D and 3D images in cardiac cycle order, animated movies were generated. Cardiac imaging with multi-detector-row CT, acquired during a single breath hold, provides information about: (1) clear morphology of heart chambers and myocardium, (2) wall motion and systolic thickening, (3) myocardial perfusion, (4) volume assessment, and (5) coronary anatomy and pathophysiology.
Mochizuki
Teruhito
T
Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan. tmochi@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
Higashino
Hiroshi
H
Koyama
Yasushi
Y
Hosoi
Satosi
S
Tsuda
Takaharu
T
Sugawara
Yoshifumi
Y
Miyagawa
Masao
M
Ikezoe
Junpei
J
Shen
Yun
Y
D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*