Coronary artery computed tomography (CT) angiography (CTA ... patients due to intermediate severity lesions or non-diagnostic scans and not all patients underwent catheterization.

CT scanning to detect coronary artery disease. Medically reviewed by Yasmine S. Ali, MD, MSCIFact checked by Nick ...

April 11 (UPI) --A newly developed, non-invasive imaging test can help identify which patients with coronary artery blockage ...

Rapid improvements in technology mean that newer-generation spiral CT scanners are capable of higher spatial and temporal resolution than earlier scanners; 64-slice coronary artery CT has recently ...

Due to the duration of the CT data acquisition, the arteries ... coronary sinus, collect the most contrast medium as the acquisition advances in a craniocaudal direction. Only when the timing of ...

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That's changing with the advent of new imaging technology: CT scans, MRI ... a better technique for finding small blockages in coronary arteries," says Mario Garcia, MD, director of cardiovascular ...

Doctors can detect atherosclerosis using a coronary calcium scan, a CT scan that looks for calcium deposits in heart arteries and costs around $100. Ultrasounds can be more accurate at diagnosing ...

Two lung-nodule computer-aided detection (CAD) systems have demonstrated reduced sensitivity on low- versus standard-dose ...

Independence Heath System announced that Butler Memorial Hospital has purchased a Siemens Healthineers SOMATOM Force dual-source computed tomography scanner. The new scanner will assist health care ...

CT scans give doctors a look inside the body that gives far more information about the spatial relationship of structures than a plain X-ray can. And as it turns out, CT scans are pretty handy for ...