<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Computed tomography (CT) in cardiac examination is a powerful imaging tool that has developed rapidly during the last decade and continues to increase its potential by bringing novel technologies. Due to its noninvasive character, cardiac CT became a largely used method in detecting coronary diseases or functional issues at the expense of conventional coronary angiography. The accuracy of images has also increased, especially since new generation dual-source multi-slice detectors were developed. Although there are continuous improvements that serve to gain better-quality images, thus increasing their diagnostic accuracy, there is an inconvenient that became a serious topic for debate in the current literature: exposure to higher doses of radiation during cardiac CT examinations. Fortunately, physicians and manufacturers are taking into consideration the need to apply new strategies for radiation dose-reduction. Thus, this objective can be achieved by using patient-tailored dose-reduction strategies and by modulating the technical features of the CT scanners in order to gather high-quality images with minimal radiation exposure. The aim of this manuscript was to review the current literature data on dose-reduction strategies that are used for cardiovascular computed tomography scans.</p></abstract>

Computed tomography (CT) in cardiac examination is a powerful imaging tool that has developed rapidly during the last decade and continues to increase its potential by bringing novel technologies. Due to its noninvasive character, cardiac CT became a largely used method in detecting coronary diseases or functional issues at the expense of conventional coronary angiography. The accuracy of images has also increased, especially since new generation dual-source multi-slice detectors were developed. Although there are continuous improvements that serve to gain better-quality images, thus increasing their diagnostic accuracy, there is an inconvenient that became a serious topic for debate in the current literature: exposure to higher doses of radiation during cardiac CT examinations. Fortunately, physicians and manufacturers are taking into consideration the need to apply new strategies for radiation dose-reduction. Thus, this objective can be achieved by using patient-tailored dose-reduction strategies and by modulating the technical features of the CT scanners in order to gather high-quality images with minimal radiation exposure. The aim of this manuscript was to review the current literature data on dose-reduction strategies that are used for cardiovascular computed tomography scans.

Actual Dose-Reduction Strategies in Cardiac Computed Tomography

Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging, Cardio Med Medical Center

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Computed tomography (CT) in cardiac examination is a powerful imaging tool that has developed rapidly during the last decade and continues to increase its...

Actual Dose-Reduction Strategies in Cardiac Computed Tomography

Online veröffentlicht: 08. Nov. 2017

Seitenbereich: 224 - 227

Eingereicht: 07. Juni 2017

Akzeptiert: 25. Juli 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0062

Schlüsselwörter
dose-reduction strategy, cardiac computed tomography

© 2017 Daniel Cernica et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Actual Dose-Reduction Strategies in Cardiac Computed Tomography

Online veröffentlicht: 08. Nov. 2017

Seitenbereich: 224 - 227

Eingereicht: 07. Juni 2017

Akzeptiert: 25. Juli 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0062

Schlüsselwörterdose-reduction strategy, cardiac computed tomography

© 2017 Daniel Cernica et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
dose-reduction strategy, cardiac computed tomography