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Clinical Flexibility through Advanced TechnologyCardiac Imaging
Clinical Flexibility through Advanced Technology
Introduction
Noun Elzabeth Hospitals privat acter care hospital wth £05 bas that proves fal
range of abla services to more than 375 media specials in the aning medial cents,
vnhich includes Ass hches concentration of eardelogsts sr arlacsugenrs, rewros nt
aurosirgeons. The CT comer isan apstent sity thet hs partrmad mor than 8000 cardiac
scans oda
(ur ste bgan performing corcrary CT angiography back n 204 wth a 16-ow MDCT stem,
[though the ests were impressive fr hae, he ite temporal and spatial resolution of this
‘technology precluded the route cial uo eronary CTA,
“The instaltion ofan Aqulln” 64 system i 2005 demonstrate clea advances in CT technol
‘hat det benefes coronary artery magne. Not cry could inages be acquies wth stone
sft reslution in a shore bret Fos tne, bu! the procure ao became vr rebut,
pareulary wth outne premedicatonwitheralbela-tockers. AS esl, our patent rela base
{rand ou sacond and thir Aquton 6 systems were installed 2006 and 2007, Atcnaly,
‘urs partepatad in the CorE6t nortan ution tra fe by the Oslo of Carol at
Johns Hopkins. These resus were publish inthe Now England Jounal of Medi in November
2008,
ie this yar, we insiated a sytem that rcopaats the atest advances CT imaging, The
Paulon ONE* system wth aby to capture the ents heat in ONE reaten, demenstats
framate aovances in achieving robust carte magngna wide arty of patos tread
Patient exposure doses.
‘ur ste employs Prospect CTA sean mate succostuly in 85% to 90% cur patents. Ths scan
nade exposes a sal poten of ONE hearbos obtain areconstuced yume acgited a the
sae momentin tne.
‘voter acvaniage of Aqutlon ONE i its nia ext in patents who were achatenge tage
sing a 64-0 MDCT sytem. For example, hat happens inpatients wih igh her ates righ
‘aloum scars or those who are unusual ansous about the examination? | woud kee present
‘ays to overcome these clincalchalngesy sering cur expenence wh ts advanced technology
inacual cea cases,INDEX
CASE 1
CASE 2
Ultre-Low-Dose Prospective CTA P4.5
Prospective CTA in Patients
with Severely Calcified Arteries ——— 6.7
Ultra-Fast Cardiac CTA Pa.g
Aarhyttmia Rejection ———— 10-11
‘Adaptive Multisegment Reconstruction — P12-13
Wide-olume Scanning 14-15
ESF | Mount ElizabethCASE 1
Ultra-Low-Dose Prospective CTA
Introduction
The effective dose for this scan was just 1.7 mSv.
Patient HistoryConclusion
Employing the prospective Wggeing technique wth Aguilen ONE and capturing the entire heart
In ths case the use ofan O-AV protca ina patent witha BM of 1 allowed scanning to be
erformed wh an exposure dase of ony 1.7 mv. 7
leary demonstrates tha
reducing high-quality da
ent image quay obtain
or minimizing the exposure dose while
onary artery dlsease could be ruled out inthis patent na fast, cnt, and nanivasi
mene wth minimal X-ray ex dasa contrat medium dose,CASE 2
Prospective CTA in Patients with
Severely Calcified Arteries
Introduetion
re pacoct instant in mo, ening
far hus greatly impxcning th
thei in producing high diagnostic
This 7L-year-d man was refered for ayical chest pan. A CT scan was requests fr further noninvashCASE 3
Ultra-Fast Cardiac CTA
Introduction
The ably to capture the entre heat in ite 2s one eatin permis low-dose cardiac CTA, anc
equally important, edocs sean times a mere millsaconcs,
1 triggered CTA scan mace autoraticaly sets a smal
heart a. In ates wih hat as elo 65 ben,
the mic-astoic phase ony. The tal scan timein this cases 2
window is Sto x0
ton af ore heartbeat,
Utre short sean times dec contbut to increased patient confor ard permit patients wth
oor brath-olding ably tebe examine,
Scanning ina faction af ene heatbea
Patient History
RCACASE 4
Arrhythmia Rejection
Introduction
Pationts wih arrythmias have lan been considered tobe poor eanddates for cronary CTA with
MDCT. Auion ONE overcomes ths prbiem wth ts automatic rythm ejection softwere
Volumetric scannirg isthe only technol that perms robust arhythmia rejection alg to
be ued nthe rune cineal sting
The system operates very simply, an arhythmic beat is detect during the scan, exposures
terminated and the next noma beats argued, Since here sno table movement, the system
operates vor etectivey
Patient History
This 62,yearold man presened vith aypcal chest pan, A CT scan was requested fo ule out
This image she actus ECS recording rng the scan. The light-gtay ares represent Xray
exposure. In his respecte CTA sean, 2 PYG ocurred during ho tt bea The Saco beat
was also abnormal. nthe fst to beats, exposure was started, but was immedaely minted
ty the sstam whan the R wave atv ery. The Scanner used the thi, name Beat orCASE 5
Adaptive Multisegment Reconstruction
Introduction
Temporal resolution term that has became well known though the ntoduction of earanary artery
Imaging wih CT. I ef tothe pid ftime wed for image reconstuction. Aqulon ONE has an
immediate advantage in hat he temo resolution des not apply to each inca image, bit to
the ene cardiac valure
Half can reconstruction isthe mest commonly emplyed meth fr improving the temporal
elution, Tsnic's adaptive mutseprent constuction mathas takes ths basic caneep even
further to pxcduce images wth quer scan vecastucton oles o further improve teal
resolution. Tis technigue makes it possible to freeze cariac motion patents wth high hes ates,
1). @
Patient History
A63.year old mak
nave an abromal
taker implant to treat sick sinus sy
adil EG tet. The patent was unset exercise for more than tee minutes
T oranary angiography was requested o exclude coronary
and became severely shot of breath
ary soz.
This image i he actual EG recording Guin the scan. The ight aay areas regres
exposure. Duet he patient's highly varisbla heat at, the system automaticaly p
twe-beat scan
reconstracton vas perfrmed by ataptely extracting the ect same porter
zat. This dala was then combined to chia vdumetic images,Wide-Volume Scanning
Introduction
This bypass graft study was acquired prospectively
in two volumes,
Patient HistoryConclusion
pass ras using Aquilon ONE, Ths mettnd maintains the low-dose advantages of
analysis. Each aequited volume has perfect poral unitormity,
n just wo acquired heartbeats can was able to cover the ene chest om the orgin ot
This patent was found te rave an occluded RCA bypass graft. The three remaining bypass grafts
LUMAo-LAD graft nd a sequent racial artery graf to the agonal and obtuse met
Since the enti hear can il be fully caued in he second volume sean, excellent suaization