CT technology overview: 64-slice and beyond

Radiol Clin North Am. 2009 Jan;47(1):1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.10.004.

Abstract

Sixty-four-slice CT typified the dramatic race in technical development in radiology. Featuring high spatial resolution with 0.5-mm thin slices and 0.3-second gantry revolution times, it has become state-of-the-art technology in CT imaging shortly after its clinical introduction. Three-dimensional tube modulation together with adaptive x-ray shutters led to significant dose reduction to the patients while improving image quality because of implementation of optimized reconstruction algorithms. The latest innovations-new detector materials, dual-layer detector, dual-source and dynamic volume CT-represent the pinnacles in CT imaging, pursuing different directions to further clinical applications of CT.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Artifacts
  • Contrast Media
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Technology Assessment, Biomedical
  • Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*

Substances

  • Contrast Media