Recent Innovation of CT Imaging in Vascular Diseases

Abstract

Recent innovations of CT have made great advances in imaging of vascular disease. This is because CT has made it possible to obtain wide areas with high speed and thin slice thickness. In addition, imaging options such as ECG-gated scan, subtraction technique and ultra-high-resolution CT have enhanced the diagnostic utility for vascular diseases. On the other hand, photon-counting CT, the newest type of CT equipment, is promising to be applied to the vascular imaging because of its high spatial resolution and high capability of material decomposition.