This book offers a comprehensive and topical depiction of advances in CT imaging. CT has become a leading medical imaging modality, thanks to its superb spatial and temporal resolution to depict anatomical details. New advances have further extended the technology to provide physiological information, enabling a wide and expanding range of clinical applications. The text covers the latest advancements in CT technology and clinical applications for a variety of CT types and imaging methods. The content is presented in seven parts to offer a structure across a board coverage of CT: CT Systems, CT Performance, CT Practice, Spectral CT, Quantitative CT, Functional CT, and Special Purpose CT. Each contain chapters written by leading experts in the field, covering CT hardware and software innovations, CT operation, CT performance characterization, functional and quantitative applications, and CT systems devised for specific anatomical applications.  This book is an ideal resource for practitioners of CT applications in medicine, including physicians, trainees, engineers, and scientists. 

Part 1: CT Systems

Fan-beam CT systems
Cone-beam CT systems
Novel CT acquisitions
CT statistical and iterative reconstructions and post-processing
Part 2: CT Performance
Dose and risk characterization in CT
CT image quality characterizations
Clinical CT performance evaluation
CT Performance Optimization
Part 3: CT practice
CT practice management
CT practice optimization
CT practice monitoring
Part 4: Spectral CT
Methods for spectral CT imaging
Clinical applications of spectral CT
Future prospects of spectral CT:  photon counting
Part 5: Quantitative CT
CT-based quantification
CT material identification
CT texture Characterization
Part 6: CT as a functional imaging technique
CT perfusion techniques and applications in stroke and cancer
CT myocardial perfusion imaging
Part 7: Special Purpose CT
CT in musculoskeletal applications
Utility of CBCT in neurovascular diagnosis and interventions
CT in cardiac applications