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Case: Ruling out Coronary Artery disease with 0.69 mSv

posted by Ralf Bauer, M.D. | Mar 8, 2011
Ralf Bauer, M.D.
  • Fig 1: Volume Rendered display of  the major coronary arteries underlined with MPR
  • Fig 2: Caudo-Cranial view of the distal part of the RCA and PDA.
  • Fig 3: Curved planar reformatted display of the RCA.
  • Fig 4: Curved planar reformatted display of the LAD.

Coronary CTA using 100 kV tube potential and the FLASH spiral acquisition mode allowed ruling out coronary artery disease in this normal-sized adult patient with a DLP of 49 in only 0.29 s scan time without the use of beta blockers. Read more