Adenosine-stress volumetric first pass CT perfusion imaging may enable the evaluation of parameters of myocardial perfusion in a comparable fashion as MRI. Read more

DSCT is an accurate a noninvasive method to diagnose gout in its preclinical stages. This may lead to an early treatment and help to avoid associated diseases. Read more

According to the information of Investigative Radiology, there is a special issue on ‘Advances in CT technology’ scheduled for publication during the summer of 2010. The focus of this special issue will be on recent technical developments of CT, including specifically dual source/ dual energy CT and multidetector CT with 128 … Read more

A dual-source CT (DSCT)* is equipped with two x-ray tubes and two corresponding detectors that are oriented in the gantry with an angular offset of 90 degrees. As a result, it is possible to double the temporal resolution to 83 ms compared to that of single-source CT, double the speed … Read more

The special issue of the European Journal of Radiology (EJR)  is dedicated to dual-source CT. Different aspects of this relatively new technology will be discussed from a scientific point of view. Well known authors – many of them participating in the online expert community on DSCT.com – had contributed by … Read more