Tag Andrew O. Zurick

Cardiovascular

Cardiac Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

The past decade has seen rapid development in cardiovascular imaging technologies coupled with novel clinical applications. Noninvasive cardiac imaging technologies currently allow for assessment of cardiac morphology, function, perfusion, and metabolism. Both cardiac computed tomography (CCT) and cardiac magnetic resonance…

Netter's Cardiology
September 15, 2023

Cardiovascular

Echocardiography

Echocardiography is a highly reproducible, safe, and widely available noninvasive imaging technique integral to the practice of modern clinical cardiology. With the use of high-frequency ultrasound to image cardiac and great vessel structure and blood flow, this method provides definitive…

Netter's Cardiology
September 15, 2023

Cardiovascular

Chest Radiography

Technical Aspects Chest radiography was one of the first clinical studies to use x-rays, which were discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. X-rays are typically generated by passing a current across a diode, which results in the generation of…

Netter's Cardiology
September 15, 2023