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Multislice CT angiography

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The introduction of multislice CT into clinical radiology constitutes a quantum leap that significantly widens the scope of vascular CT imaging. The advances over conventional spiral CT have been quantitative, mainly in terms of increased image acquisition speed which provides unprecedented volume coverage and spatial resolution. Moreover, significant technical innovations, such as cardiac scanning capabilities, have brought about a qualitative shift towards applications that were thought to be beyond the scope of CT imaging. This way multislice CT offers a wealth of new opportunities for quickly and accurately diagnosing suspected vascular disease in all organ systems; however, as we move towards faster and faster image acquisition techniques, we are also facing new challenges that require development of novel strategies in order to take full advantage of the increased capabilities of multislice CT in its current form and future generations of CT scanners.

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U.J.S. is the recipient of the Siemens Visiting Research Fellowship Grant of the ECR 2000 Research and Education Fund. L.K.H. and M.D. are supported by the Medical Imaging Processing Laboratory, Muelheim/Ruhr, Germany.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf, Lars K. Hofmann, Marco Das & Bernhard Baumert

  2. Institute of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, 81377 , Munich, Germany

    U. Joseph Schoepf & Christoph R. Becker

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Schoepf, U.J., Becker, C.R., Hofmann, L.K. et al. Multislice CT angiography. Eur Radiol 13, 1946–1961 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-003-1842-7

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