A one year experience with the multislice helical CT.

New detector morphology and increased computer power have led to a second leap in CT technology. With multislice helical CT, four slices per rotation are reconstructed resulting in a 3 to 6 times reduction of the examination time. During our one-year experience with the multislice CT, we have learnt that the major advantage of the technique is the possibility to cover a large volume with thin slices. Combination of both makes it possible to scan an entire anatomic region during the optimal enhancement phase (after i.v. contrast injection) with a high spatial resolution. New diagnostic possibilities can be explored by CT together with improved and more detailed post-processing tools.