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Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 403-408 (November 2009)


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What are the basic concepts of temporal, contrast, and spatial resolution in cardiac CT?

Eugene Lin, MDaCorresponding Author Informationemail address, Adam Alessio, PhDb

Received 24 December 2008; accepted 20 July 2009. published online 03 August 2009.

Abstract 

An imaging instrument can be characterized by its spatial resolution, contrast resolution, and temporal resolution. The capabilities of computed tomography (CT) relative to other cardiac imaging modalities can be understood in these terms. The purpose of this review is to characterize the spatial, contrast, and temporal resolutions of cardiac CT in practical terms.

a Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98111 USA

b Department of Radiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(09)00405-5

doi:10.1016/j.jcct.2009.07.003


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