Multidetector-Row CT Angiography

Annotation With the advent of multidetector-row technology, excitement has returned to computed tomography. It is now possible to image faster and with better resolution than ever before; more importantly, the development of sophisticated image acquisition techniques has permitted the use of CT imaging in areas previously thought to lie beyond its scope. The knowledge, experience, and vision of a host of renowned international experts in cutting-edge thoracic applications of multidetector-row CT are condensed within this book. The result is a critical, comprehensive review of the novel opportunities, but also the new challenges, brought about by the development of ever-faster CT acquisition techniques Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax Author: U. Joseph Schoepf MD Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 978-3-540-26247-3 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30006-6 Table of Contents: Technical Bases of Multi-Slice CT Radiation Exposure in Thoracic CT Strategies for Dose Reduction and Improved Image Quality in MSCT Contrast Medium Injection Technique Multi-Detector-Row CT of the Airways MDCT in Diffuse Lung Disease Pulmonary Infections: Imaging with MDCT Multidetector CT Evaluation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome CT Screening for Lung Cancer MDCT Screening for Lung Cancer: Current Controversies MDCT Imaging of Focal Lung Disease MDCT Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Lung Nodules Staging of Lung Cancer with MDCT MDCT in Mediastinal Imaging PET/CT of the Thorax Multidetector-Row CT Angiography of the Pulmonary Circulation Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung Multiple-Detector CT Venography CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta The introduction of spiral CT in the early 1990s resulted in a fundamental and far-reaching improvement of CT imaging (KALENDER et al. 1990; CRAWFORD and KING 1990). U.j. Schoepf (ed.) ; With Contributions By J. Aldrich ... [et Al.] ; Foreword By M.f Reiser. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.