For that purpose, CTA is less effective in patients with calcium score greater than or equal to 600 and in patients with a high pre-test probability for obstructive CAD. (CTA is most useful as a rule-out test in patients with low-intermediate pre-test probability of disease and mild corona...
The appropriate use of these new technologies is still somewhat unsettled. The focus is on which test will provide the most accurate and cost effective diagnostic information for each particular clinical situation. Computed tomographic scan, CT myelography, MRI and plain radiography all have their plac...
(CT images were reconstructed from the DECT data set) associated with some clinic data such as pulmonary function test (forced vital capacity (FVC%predicted) and diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO%predicted)) and symptoms scales (Borg dyspnea score, Leicester cough ...