Dual-Energy Heart CT: Beyond Better Angiography—Review

Heart CT has undergone substantial development from the use of calcium scores performed on electron beam CT to modern 256+-row CT scanners. The latest big step in its evolution was the invention of dual-energy scanners with much greater capabilities than just performing better ECG-gated angio-CT. In...

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Autores principales: Piotr Tarkowski, Elżbieta Czekajska-Chehab
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e3e21a4f73de4440a0e7390adc1bba1c
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Sumario:Heart CT has undergone substantial development from the use of calcium scores performed on electron beam CT to modern 256+-row CT scanners. The latest big step in its evolution was the invention of dual-energy scanners with much greater capabilities than just performing better ECG-gated angio-CT. In this review, we present the unique features of dual-energy CT in heart diagnostics.