Sensitivity to detect small coronary artery calcium lesions with varying slice thickness using electron beam tomography.

Rationale And Objective: To estimate the sensitivity to find small coronary artery calcium lesions with use of different slice widths with electron beam tomography.

Materials And Methods: Two studies were performed. Study 1 utilized double scanning of a stationary cork phantom with three different slice thickness (1.

Image quality of three-dimensional electron beam coronary angiography.

Purpose: This study identifies reasons for poor image quality and nonassessability of coronary artery segments and compares results between early and late diastolic triggering on coronary electron beam angiography (EBA).

Method: One hundred patients referred for EBA were studied. Contrast-enhanced transaxial coronary images were acquired using electrocardiographic (ECG) triggering and reconstructed three dimensionally using volume-rendering techniques.