What do you mean by "MRI like results"? If you mean the 3D reconstruction, it can be done by pretty much any CT scanner given enough time for scanning.
The main point of the article is that if we increase the number of slices concurrently imaged on a CT, the scan time gets reduced and extent of the scan (field-of-view) is increased. This is a big advantage for imaging arteries of the beating heart (coronary arteries). This is where MRI sucks mainly due to motion and the scan-time.
Toshiba has been running 320 slice CT scans for some time now. See here and here.
The 256-slice version of the scanner has been running for atleast 6 months now. See here
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What do you mean by "MRI like results"? If you mean the 3D reconstruction, it can be done by pretty much any CT scanner given enough time for scanning. The main point of the article is that if we increase the number of slices concurrently imaged on a CT, the scan time gets reduced and extent of the scan (field-of-view) is increased. This is a big advantage for imaging arteries of the beating heart (coronary arteries). This is where MRI sucks mainly due to motion and the scan-time.
Toshiba has been running 320 slice CT scans for some time now. See here and here. The 256-slice version of the scanner has been running for atleast 6 months now. See here