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Recent developments in CT: a review of the clinical applications and advantages of multidetector computed tomography

Department of Clinical Radiology, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, West Yorks, UK

• Multidetector CT represents a huge advancement in CT technology.
  
• The ability to scan organs, such as the heart in one breathhold, largely eliminates respiratory artefact.
  
• Faster scanning allows more accurate imaging within a given vascular phase which has allowed the development of CT angiography.
  
• Development of 16-row CT and beyond has enabled the production of true isotropic volume imaging allowing multiplanar reformatting in any imaging plane without loss of data.
  
• The ongoing development of new imaging applications has allowed the further development of CT angiography, CT colonography and CT urography which are beginning to replace more invasive diagnostic investigations.