Cervical CT Angiography: The Advantage of Ultra-High-Resolution CT Versus Conventional HRCT
Junji Ito, Tsuneo Yamashiro, Hayato Tomita, Joichi Heianna, Sadayuki Murayama, Akihiro Nishie, Sam Payabvash · 2024
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Junji Ito and co-authors compared sharper CT scans for neck artery therapy in two thousand twenty-four. Head and neck tumors get drug infusions through neck arteries. Maps of those arteries must be exact beforehand. Ultra-high-resolution CT promises finer maps than before. Forty-one patients were scanned before their therapy. About half used the conventional scanner.
Eighteen artery branches per patient were scored. Radiologists graded each branch's visibility. The ultra scanner's two sharp modes were separated. Finer maps should steer catheters more safely. Missed branches risk failed or harmful infusions. The study gives centers an equipment comparison. Image quality here translates into treatment precision.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Junji Ito, Tsuneo Yamashiro, Hayato Tomita, Joichi Heianna, Sadayuki Murayama, Akihiro Nishie, Sam Payabvash |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |