Imaging Pearls ❯ Dual Energy ❯ Cardiac
- “ In conclusion, preliminary evidence on the assessment of myocardial ischemia and infarction by DECT as an addition to coronary CT angiography suggest that DECT is a promising step toward comprehensive evaluation of coronary heart disease with a single noninvasive modality.”
Dual-Energy CT of the Heart
Vliegenthart R et al.
AJR 2012;199:S54-S63 - “ New technology combining dual energy CT with the latest gemstone detectors for spectral imaging (GSI) can be used to synthesize monochromatic images that mimic images as if different monochromatic x-ray sources were used.”
First experience with monochromatic coronary compute tomography angiography from a 64-slice CT scanner with Gemstone Spectral Imaging (GSI)
Fuchs TA et al.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 7 (2013) 25-31 - “ In coronary CTA with low radiation technique (mean radiation dose, 1.8 ± 0.7 mSv), GSI with monochromatic reconstructions (65-75 keV) and ASIR (40-60%) offers significant noise reduction and image quality improvement.”
First experience with monochromatic coronary compute tomography angiography from a 64-slice CT scanner with Gemstone Spectral Imaging (GSI)
Fuchs TA et al.
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 7 (2013) 25-31