Ultrahigh-Spatial-Resolution Photon-counting Detector CT Angiography of Coronary Artery Disease for Stenosis Assessment
Moritz C. Halfmann, Stefanie Bockius, Tilman Emrich, Michaela M. Hell, U. Joseph Schoepf, Gerald S. Laux, Larissa Kavermann, Dirk Graafen, T. Gori, Yang Yang, Roman Kloeckner, Pál Maurovich‐Horvat, Jens Ricke, Lukáš Müller, Ákos Varga‐Szemes, Nicola Fink
Abstract
Coronary CT angiography is a first-line test in coronary artery disease but is limited by severe calcifications. Photon-counting–detector (PCD) CT improves spatial resolution.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineStenosisImaging phantomCoronary artery diseaseImage resolutionNuclear medicineRadiologyAngiographyIn vivoResolution (logic)ArteryInternal medicineOpticsArtificial intelligenceBiologyPhysicsBiotechnologyComputer scienceAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingRadiation Dose and ImagingCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics