The following question has been sent by Bellalize Steenkamp, radiographer, Unitas Hospital, South Africa: 1) Would you say that the DSCT is better equipped to do Paediatrics than the normal multi-slice CT? 2) In certain cases, due to the less invasive procedure, would you say it is more appropriate than doing an … Read more

The following study was presented at the UBC Radiology Scientific Day, June 2008 & Stanford Radiology’s 10 th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector CT In May 2008. Purpose: To investigate whether DECT can accurately determine composition of renal calculi at acceptable dose. To observe how this information changes patient management in the … Read more

The following question has been sent by Bellalize Steenkamp, radiographer, Unitas Hospital, South Africa: Is there a place for DSCT in paediatric diagnoses? Hatem Alkadhi, M.D., University Hopsital Zurich, Switzerland: Dear Ms Steenkamp Thank you for your question regarding the use of DSCT in pediatric patients. The answer is: Yes. First, you may perform any DSCT … Read more

The following abstract was presented during the 89th German Congress of Roentgenology in Berlin (May 2008, 20th – 23th) Purpose: Dual energy CT allows automatic removal of calcified plaques from vessel lumen based on different absorption properties of calcium and iodine. The purpose of this phantom study was to evaluate the … Read more

Abstract OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to quantify image quality gains of a moving coronary plaque phantom using dual-source computed tomography (DSCT) providing 83 milliseconds temporal resolution in direct comparison to 64 slice single-source multidetector CT (MDCT) with a temporal resolution of 165 milliseconds. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Three cardiac … Read more

The following question has been sent by Judy Oltman, CTA Technologist, USA: Medical implants and CT exposure: The articles concerning the use of CT scans and the malfunction of implanted medical devices are vague. They don’t give parameters of kVP, patient body habitus, and or types of scans. I have searched … Read more

The following question has been sent by Luke Riverstone, Radiographer, Qscan Radiology Clinics, Australia: We have recently obtained a Siemens DSCT.  We performed our first DE KUB the other day and the Dual Energy Software indicated that there was 1 Kidney stone that was of a Uric Acid composition and 1 was … Read more