Evaluation of Image Quality for High Heart Rates for Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography with Advancement in CT Technology: The CONVERGE Registry.
Ayman AbdelkarimSion K RoyApril KinningerAzadeh SalekOlivia BaranskiDaniele AndreiniGianluca PontoneEdoardo ConteRachael O'RourkeChristian Hamilton-CraigMatthew J BudoffPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (2023)
The 16 cm scanner has a superior image quality for fast heart rates compared to the 4 cm scanner. This study shows that there is a significantly higher frequency of excellent and good studies showing better contrast-to-noise and signal-to-noise ratios with the 16 cm scanner compared to the 4 cm scanner.