Yoshiharu Ohno, Yoshiyuki Ozawa, Hiroyuki Nagata, Shuji Bando, Shang Cong, Tomoki Takahashi, Yuka Oshima, Nayu Hamabuchi, Takahiro Matsuyama, Takahiro Ueda, Takeshi Yoshikawa, Daisuke Takenaka, Hiroshi Toyama
An area-detector CT (ADCT) has a 320-detector row and can obtain isotropic volume data without helical scanning within an area of nearly 160 mm. The actual-perfusion CT data within this area can, thus, be obtained by means of continuous dynamic scanning for the qualitative or quantitative evaluation of regional perfusion within nodules, lymph nodes, or tumors. Moreover, this system can obtain CT data with not only helical but also step-and-shoot or wide-volume scanning for body CT imaging. ADCT also has the potential to use dual-energy CT and subtraction CT to enable contrast-enhanced visualization by means of not only iodine but also xenon or krypton for functional evaluations...
July 28, 2023: Diagnostics