Toshiba America Medical Systems' CT angiography (CTA) multisegment reconstruction application, SureCardio, offered significant measurable improvements over half-scan reconstruction in patients with normal heart rates, according to the Tustin, CA-based vendor.
In a study published in Investigative Radiology, researchers from the departments of radiology and cardiology at the Medical School of the Freie University and Humboldt University in Berlin found that the sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, and rate of nonassessable segments with multisegment versus half-scan reconstruction were 88% versus 74%, 91% versus 71%, 90% versus 72%, and 2% versus 21%, respectively (Investigative Radiology, April 2004, Vol. 39:4, pp. 223-229).
The researchers used an Aquilion 16 CFX CT to perform the CTA studies, Toshiba said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writersMay 12, 2004
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