Super-Resolution heart scans: sharper images without extra radiation?
NCT ID NCT05372627
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 58 times
Summary
This study will take standard heart CT scans from 1000 adults with structural heart disease and use a super-computer to create ultra-high-resolution images. The goal is to see if these enhanced images show more detail than the originals. No new treatments are being tested; it's about improving how we see the heart.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to clearer heart images without extra radiation, helping doctors spot problems more easily.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early observational study, not a treatment trial. The new image method may not show meaningful improvements in practice.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2031
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adults undergoing clinically-indicated contrast-enhanced time-resolved cardiac CT for suspected structural heart disease
- Ages
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18 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
* INCLUSION CRITERIA: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Male or female, aged \>= 18 years 2. Undergoing clinically-indicated contrast-enhanced time-resolved cardiac CT for structural heart disease. 3. Ability of subject to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1. Unable to complete contrast-enhanced cardiac CT acquisition for any reason 2. Unwilling to authorize future use of their imaging data for research
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Emory University Midtown Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30308, United States
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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