Multi-slice and Dual-source CT in Cardiac Imaging: Principles — Protocols — Indications — Outlook

✍ Scribed by Bernd M. Ohnesorge PhD, Thomas G. Flohr PhD, Christoph R. Becker MD, Andreas Knez MD, Maximilian F. Reiser MD (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 383
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book discusses the state-of-the-art developments in multi-slice CT for cardiac imaging as well as those that can be anticipated in the future. It serves as a comprehensive work that covers all aspects of this technology, from the technical fundamentals and image evaluation all the way to clinical indications and protocol recommendations.

This fully reworked second edition draws on the most recent clinical experience obtained with 16- and 64-slice CT scanners by world-leading experts from Europe and the United States. It also includes "hands-on" experience in the form of 10 representative clinical case studies, which are included on the accompanying CD. As a further highlight, the latest results of the very recently introduced dual-source CT, which may soon represent the CT technology of choice for cardiac applications, are presented.

This book will not only convince the reader that multi-slice cardiac CT has arrived in clinical practice, it will also make a significant contribution to the education of radiologists, cardiologists, technologists, and physicists—whether newcomers, experienced users, or researchers.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Anatomy in CT....Pages 23-39
Multi-slice CT Technology....Pages 41-69
Principles of Multi-slice Cardiac CT Imaging....Pages 71-126
Clinical Examination Protocols with 4- to 64-Slice CT....Pages 127-150
Image Visualization and Post-processing Techniques....Pages 151-177
Current and Future Clinical Potential....Pages 179-191
Risk Assessment with Coronary Artery Calcium Screening....Pages 192-204
Detection and Exclusion of Coronary Artery Stenosis....Pages 205-213
Assessment and Interpretation of Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques....Pages 214-223
Coronary CT Angiography in Patients with Chest Pain....Pages 224-231
Evaluation of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts....Pages 232-238
Patency Control of Coronary Stents....Pages 239-244
Evaluation of the Coronary Anomaly, Fistula, Aneurysm, and Dissection....Pages 245-257
Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease in Adults and Children....Pages 258-265
Evaluation of Ventricular Function Parameters....Pages 266-280
Imaging and Diagnosis of Cardiac Valves....Pages 281-287
Visualization of Cardiac Tumors and Masses....Pages 288-295
Imaging of the Pulmonary Veins in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 296-306
Potential of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability Studies....Pages 307-316
Cardiothoracic Multi-Slice CT in the Emergency Department....Pages 317-325
Future Technical Developments in Cardiac CT....Pages 327-358
Back Matter....Pages 359-370

✦ Subjects

Imaging / Radiology; Cardiology