Toshiba starts CTA study
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Results of six-center. computed tomography angiography (CTA) study with Toshiba Medical's Aquilion CFX 64-slice scanners will be released in 2006. Toshiba announced the start of patient evaluations March 21. The study is part of Toshiba's program to use multi-slice CT scanners as the primary diagnostic tool for detecting cardiovascular diseases and disorders, replacing cardiac catheterization. Some physicians believe that multi-slice CTA scanning could become a gold-standard modality (1"The Gray Sheet" Nov. 1, 2004, p. 14)..