Comparison of chest computed tomography in Turbo FLASH mode with conventional mode for coronary artery disease screening: radiation dose, image quality, and calcium scoring performance.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, the traditional chest computed tomography (CT) scan mode presents certain limitations in evaluating the coronary artery calcification score (CACS). Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the impact of using the Turbo FLASH mode to optimize chest CT on radiation dose, image quality, and CACS.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, a total of 968 patients who simultaneously underwent routine chest CT (using the Turbo FLASH mode or the conventional mode) and cardiac CT [coronary calcium scan (CCS) and coronary CT angiography] were retrospectively collected. A comparative analysis was performed between the FLASH mode (n=493) and the conventional mode (n=475) in terms of radiation dose and image quality. CACS analysis was carried out using a semi-automat

SUBMITTER: Shu YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11948383 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature