Mahadevappa Mahesh MS, PhD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

1) To reflect on MDCT technology enabling volumetric data acquisition. 2) To evaluate new innovations enabling dose reductions in CT.

This talk will provide brief overview on the innovations that has led to the development of CT technology (single slice (SDCT) to multiple slices (MDCT)). Past decade saw the rapid evolution in the capability to obtain multiple slices per gantry rotation (4-320 slices). Having achieved the capability to acquire volumetric data (covering entire cardiac anatomy in half of gantry rotation), the race is currently towards acquiring CT images at optimal radiation dose. Volume CT, dual energy CT, Iterative reconstruction, quantitation are some of the new challenges that will be discussed in this talk. 1. CT Technology 1a. MDCT detector configuration 1b. Volume CT – Wide detector and dual source CT 2. New Challenges 2a. Iterative reconstruction 2b. Dual energy 2c. Dose check

Mahesh, M, Computed Tomography Perspective .  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/13010857.html