Science to practice: Can multi-detector row spiral CT be used to assess left ventricular function?

Multi-detector row CT has great potential to provide not only anatomic but also functional cardiac information if the challenges of improved temporal resolution, ease of image analysis, and radiation dose reduction can be met. In this issue of Radiology, Mahnken et al (6) demonstrate with an animal model some indication of what the future holds in cardiac imaging with multi-detector row CT.