ABSTRACT
As described in previous chapters, technical advances over the past several years have allowed the development of CT systems capable of cardiovascular imaging. However, significant limitations remain, which are related to the following requirements of cardiovascular imaging:
(1) High temporal resolution (fast image acquisition) to limit cardiac motion artifacts;
(2) High spatial resolution to visualize small cardiac anatomy;
(3) Isotropic voxels (identical spatial resolution in-plane and through-plane) to allow oblique reconstruction without loss of resolution;
(4) Fast volume coverage during one breath-hold period to reduce respiratory motion artifacts;
(5) ECG-synchronization of data acquisition.
