title: State-of-the-art in CT hardware and scan modes for cardiovascular CT.
abstract: Multidetector row computed tomography (CT) allows noninvasive anatomic and functional imaging of the heart, great vessels, and coronary arteries. In recent years, there have been several advances in CT hardware, which have expanded the clinical utility of CT for cardiovascular imaging; such advances are ongoing. This review article from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Basic and Emerging Sciences and Technology Working Group summarizes the technical aspects of current state-of-the-art CT hardware and describes the scan modes this hardware supports for cardiovascular CT imaging.
authors.affiliation: Imaging Institute and Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. hallibs@ccf.org
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halliburton
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arbab-Zadeh
authors.forename: Damini
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Einstein
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gentry
authors.forename: Richard T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: Mahadevappa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahesh
authors.forename: Wm Guy
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Weigold
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000639:trends*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*