Recently, Arkansas Children’s Hospital has acquired a 16 slice multidetector
computed tomography scanner. The new technology allows for rapid evaluation
of the heart, arteries, and veins. Patients with pacemakers or other
contra-indications for magnetic resonance can be evaluated. The technique is
rapid, with scans lasting only a few seconds. This allows even critically ill
children to be evaluated. The need for sedation is reduced in children
undergoing multidetector computed tomography. In the future, it is expected
that cardiac gating will allow for heart function evaluation similar to
magnetic resonance.
Multidetector computed tomogram three-dimensional reconstructions show a
large ductal aneurysm.
S. Bruce Greenberg, M.D.
Dr. Greenberg is a Pediatric Radiologist at ACH who performs these
Cardiovascular Imaging procedures. The UAMS Radiology faculty information
page contains further information about
Dr. Greenberg.
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