MDCT coronary angiography -- postprocessing, reading, and reporting: last but not least

Acta Radiol. 2013 Apr 1;54(3):249-58. doi: 10.1258/ar.2012.120205. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

Abstract

Significant literature on MDCT coronary angiography (MDCT-CA) has emerged in the last decade concerning patient's selection, technical aspects of different generations of CT equipment, ECG gating, contrast material and beta-blockade administration, acquisition parameters, and radiation dose. However, the literature regarding postprocessing, reading, and reporting is not so extensive. This review highlights the main elements of MDCT-CA data analysis, thereby allowing the radiologist to take full advantage of this technology and enable a structured report to be generated, promoting best practice with high-quality results.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques
  • Coronary Angiography / methods*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
  • Radiology Information Systems
  • Software
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*