Wow! Thats quick!

giambjj · 06-18-2003, 07:10 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/06/12....ap/index.html

Wise Young · 06-18-2003, 08:08 AM

Dr. J J,

Quick CT scans is indeed a major advance. Using multidetectors so that none of the x-rays pass through the body are "wasted", it is indeed possible now to collect the data in less than a minute. The multidetector approach is also allowing the 3D imaging of moving organs, such as the heart. As you know, x-ray has been used for many years to look at the beating of the heart. Such images have been mostly 2D because the detector is a 2D plate of detectors (or film). However, by arranging the detectors around the body and beaming the x-ray in multiple directions at a time, it is becoming possible to visualize a beating heart in 3D.

Wise.

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06-18-2003, 08:08 AM	#2
Wise Young Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: New Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 37,972	Dr. J J, Quick CT scans is indeed a major advance. Using multidetectors so that none of the x-rays pass through the body are "wasted", it is indeed possible now to collect the data in less than a minute. The multidetector approach is also allowing the 3D imaging of moving organs, such as the heart. As you know, x-ray has been used for many years to look at the beating of the heart. Such images have been mostly 2D because the detector is a 2D plate of detectors (or film). However, by arranging the detectors around the body and beaming the x-ray in multiple directions at a time, it is becoming possible to visualize a beating heart in 3D. Wise.