Chaikriangkrai Kongkiat, Choi Su Yeon, Nabi Faisal, Chang Su Min
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Jul-Sep;10(3):152-8. doi: 10.14797/mdcj-10-3-152.
For the past decade, multidetector cardiac computed tomography and its main application, coronary computed tomography angiography, have been established as a noninvasive technique for anatomical assessment of coronary arteries. This new era of coronary artery evaluation by coronary computed tomography angiography has arisen from the rapid advancement in computed tomography technology, which has led to massive diagnostic and prognostic clinical studies in various patient populations. This article gives a brief overview of current multidetector cardiac computed tomography systems, developing cardiac computed tomography technologies in both hardware and software fields, innovative radiation exposure reduction measures, multidetector cardiac computed tomography functional studies, and their newer clinical applications beyond coronary computed tomography angiography.
在过去十年中，多排螺旋心脏计算机断层扫描及其主要应用——冠状动脉计算机断层扫描血管造影术，已成为一种用于冠状动脉解剖评估的无创技术。冠状动脉计算机断层扫描血管造影术评估冠状动脉的新时代，源于计算机断层扫描技术的快速发展，这促使在各类患者群体中开展了大量诊断和预后临床研究。本文简要概述了当前的多排螺旋心脏计算机断层扫描系统、软硬件领域中不断发展的心脏计算机断层扫描技术、创新性的辐射剂量降低措施、多排螺旋心脏计算机断层扫描功能研究，以及除冠状动脉计算机断层扫描血管造影术之外的新临床应用。
