title: Recent Advances in Computed Tomographic Technology: Cardiopulmonary Imaging Applications.
abstract: Cardiothoracic diseases result in substantial morbidity and mortality. Chest computed tomography (CT) has been an imaging modality of choice for assessing a host of chest diseases, and technologic advances have enabled the emergence of coronary CT angiography as a robust noninvasive test for cardiac imaging. Technologic developments in CT have also enabled the application of dual-energy CT scanning for assessing pulmonary vascular and neoplastic processes. Concerns over increasing radiation dose from CT scanning are being addressed with introduction of more dose-efficient wide-area detector arrays and iterative reconstruction techniques. This review article discusses the technologic innovations in CT and their effect on cardiothoracic applications.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital †Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Azadeh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabari
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lo Gullo
authors.forename: Venkatesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Murugan
authors.forename: Alexi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otrakji
authors.forename: Subba
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Digumarthy
authors.forename: Mannudeep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalra
mesh_terms: D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*