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Computed Tomography Techniques and Principles. Part b. Multislice Computed Tomography

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10. Conclusion

The ability of CT imaging to visualize and measure disease process in the coronary arteries has increased our knowledge of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Beyond feasibility studies, further well-designed, prospective single or multicenter studies are required to assess the diagnostic performance of MS-CT in various patient populations with different levels of prevalence of coronary artery disease and to establish the diagnostic role of MS-CT in cardiology before we embrace this promising technique as a clinically acceptable new diagnostic tool. Moreover, the fundamental characteristics of MS-CT such as the X-Y spatial resolution, slice thickness, and temporal resolution need to be further optimized to consider MS-CT coronary angiography as a reliable clinical diagnostic tool to detect coronary atherosclerotic obstructions. In particular, the temporal resolution needs improvement to meet the challenges of motion-free imaging also during faster heart rates.

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  1. Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    P. J. de Feyter MD, PhD, F. Cademartiri MD, PhD & N. R. Mollet MD

  2. Erasmus Medical Center — Thoraxcenter, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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    Constantinos D Anagnostopoulos MD, PhD, FRCR, FESC

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de Feyter, P.J., Cademartiri, F., Mollet, N.R., Nieman, K. (2006). Computed Tomography Techniques and Principles. Part b. Multislice Computed Tomography. In: Anagnostopoulos, C.D., Nihoyannopoulos, P., Bax, J.J., van der Wall, E. (eds) Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Ischemia. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-156-3_7

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