Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 117-121 , March 2009

High-pitch spiral acquisition: A new scan mode for coronary CT angiography

  • Stephan Achenbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Mohamed Marwan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Tiziano Schepis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Tobias Pflederer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Herbert Bruder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Thomas Allmendinger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Martin Petersilka, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Katharina Anders, MD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT Division, Forchheim, Germany
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  • Michael Lell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT Division, Forchheim, Germany
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  • Axel Kuettner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT Division, Forchheim, Germany
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  • Dieter Ropers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Werner G. Daniel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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  • Thomas Flohr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Erlangen, Ulmenweg 18, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
    • Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany

Received 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: Drs H. Bruder, T. Allmendinger, M. Petersilka, and T. Flohr are employees of Siemens Healthcare. Drs S. Achenbach and A. Kuettner have received research grants and speaker honoraria from Siemens Healthcare and Bayer Schering Pharma. Drs T. Pflederer, K. Anders, M. Lell, and D. Ropers have received speaker honoraria from Siemens Healthcare. The other authors report no conflicts of interest.

 The study was supported by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Bonn, Germany (grant BMBF 01 EV 0708).

PII: S1934-5925(09)00084-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.02.008

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 117-121 , March 2009

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