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Cardiac imaging by means of electrocardiographically gated multisection spiral CT: initial experience
B Ohnesorge1, T Flohr, C Becker
1Siemens Medical Engineering, Division CTC 2, An der Lände 1, 91301 Forchheim, Germany. Bernd.Ohnesorge@med.siemens.de
Radiology
|November 4, 2000
Abstract:
The authors introduce a method for cardiac investigations by using electrocardiographically gated spiral scanning with a four-section computed tomographic system. Three-dimensional images were reconstructed by means of a 250-msec temporal resolution and continuous volume coverage by using a dedicated multisection cardiac volume reconstruction algorithm. Motion-free thin-section volume images were acquired with thin sections and overlapping image increments within a single breath hold. Data segment shifts in time allowed for multiphase imaging.