Difficulties in diagnosis and ways to optimize computed tomography in acute aortic lesions

Muslimov R.SH., Zabavskaya O.A., Tutova D.Z.

Computed tomography (CT) today is a reasonable method of choice in the diagnosis of acute aortic syndrome, which includes a number of potentially life-threatening conditions. Due to its availability, as well as the high temporal and spatial resolution, the technique has become an indispensable part of the diagnostic algorithm in this severe category of patients, and at the present stage there is data on high accuracy of CT. At the same time, there are a number of physical and other factors that can affect the quality of the images, and thus complicate the diagnosis. One of these factors is motions or pulsation artifacts, which may lead to misdiagnosis in some situations. The review presented an attempt to present the main causes and factors influencing the quality of CT-images, as well as ways of optimization and modern trends in the visualization of the aorta with computed tomography.

Sklifosovsky Research and Clinical Institute for Emergency Medicine. Moscow, Russia.

 

 

 

 

 

Keywords:acute aortic syndrome, aortic dissection, computed tomography, CT-aortography, ECG-synchronization.

 

Corresponding author:Muslimov R. Sh., e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript .

 

For citation: Muslimov R.SH. Zabavskaya O.A., Tutova D.Z. Difficulties in diagnosis and ways to optimize computed tomography in acute aortic lesions. REJR 2018; 8(1):174-184. DOI:10.21569/2222-7415-2018-8-1-174-184.

Received: 16.03.2018 Accepted: 04.04.2018