New findings from Shandong University in the area of cardiology published.(Report)

In this recently published study, investigators in Jinan, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To evaluate dose performance and image quality of 64-slice dual source CT(DSCT) in comparison to 64-slice single source CT (SSCT) in cardiac CT angiography (CTA). 100 patients examined by DSCT and 60 patients scanned by SSCT were included in this study."

"indices such as image noise, contrast-to-noise ratio and signal-to-noise ratio were analyzed. Subjective image quality was assessed by two cardiovascular radiologists in consensus using a four-point scale (1 = excellent to 4 = not acceptable). Estimation of effective dose was performed on the basis of dose length product …