Clinical usefulness of the cardiac multi-detector-row CT.

Along with improvement of the temporal and special resolution, multi-detector-row CT has become able to generate artifact-less heart images. We discuss the potential benefits of the newly developed cardiac application, demonstrating informative cases.Two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) cardiac images were produced throughout one cardiac cycle. By paging 2D and 3D images in cardiac cycle order, animated movies were generated. Cardiac imaging with multi-detector-row CT, acquired during a single breath hold, provides information about: (1) clear morphology of heart chambers and myocardium, (2) wall motion and systolic thickening, (3) myocardial perfusion, (4) volume assessment, and (5) coronary anatomy and pathophysiology.