High-pitch Low-dose Chest Computed Tomography With Calcium-aware Reconstruction for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring: Accuracy and Dose Reduction.
PURPOSE To evaluate the accuracy, radiation dose, and clinical feasibility of a high-pitch low-dose chest CT (Sa36LDCT) scanning protocol with calcium-aware reconstruction for coronary artery calcium scoring (CAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS In this prospective study, 90 patients underwent both standard CAC scanning (Qr36...