Example Image Step-and-shoot respiratory or cardiac gated images are readily available from many Cone beam geometry microCT scanners on the market today. While admittedly the simplest method to acquire multiphase image data, step-and-shoot scan methods can spend upwards of 50% of the scan time simply accelerating and …

Historically, researchers using pre-clinical CT have focused on two types of resolution – spatial and contrast. However, with cardiac CT, one should also be concerned about [temporal …