Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 143-152, May 2009

Cardiac CT: How much can temporal resolution, spatial resolution, and volume coverage be improved?

  • Thomas G. Flohr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT PLM-E PA, Siemensstr. 1, D- 91301 Forchheim, Germany
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Rainer Raupach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT PLM-E PA, Siemensstr. 1, D- 91301 Forchheim, Germany
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  • Herbert Bruder, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Healthcare, CT PLM-E PA, Siemensstr. 1, D- 91301 Forchheim, Germany

Received 8 December 2008; accepted 25 April 2009. published online 05 May 2009.

Abstract 

In this article, we review the current status and discuss potential further improvements and limitations of system parameters relevant for cardiac CT, in particular spatial resolution, temporal resolution, and volume coverage.

Keywords: Cardiac CT, Dual-source CT, Multidetector row CT, Spatial resolution, Temporal resolution, Volume coverage

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 Conflict of interest: The authors are employees of Siemens Healthcare, Forchheim, Germany.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00152-X

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.04.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 3 , Pages 143-152, May 2009

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