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.
    • ,
  • Rainer Raupach, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 8 December 2008 ,Accepted 25 April 2009.

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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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