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Emerging Role of Multi-detector CT Imaging

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Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians

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The innovative advances in imaging technologies during the last decade have profoundly helped medicine and research. The recent enhancements in radionuclide imaging, echocardiography, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have broadened the horizons of non-invasive cardiac imaging for various cardiovascular diseases [1]. However, among all these, the introduction of multi-detector/multi-slice computed tomography (MDCT/MSCT), has been the most significant contribution, permitting increased imaging speed with reduced examination time and high resolution images [2, 3]. This has helped CT to enter the arena of cardiac imaging, however, its exact role under various clinical scenarios will be established in the near future.

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Mahmood, S., Hoe, J. (2009). Emerging Role of Multi-detector CT Imaging. In: Movahed, A., Gnanasegaran, G., Buscombe, J., Hall, M. (eds) Integrating Cardiology for Nuclear Medicine Physicians. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78674-0_15

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