1;Foreword;5
2;Preface;6
3;Contents;7
4;Technique;11
4.1;Multislice CT: Current Technology;12
4.2;and Future Developments;12
4.3;Dynamic Volume CT with 320-Detector Rows:;33
4.4;Technology and Clinical Applications;33
4.5;Imaging with Flat-Detector C-Arm systems;41
4.6;Radiation Exposure;60
4.7;and Protection in Multislice CT;60
4.8;Dual-Energy CT-Technical background;71
4.9;Radiation Dose in Multislice Cardiac CT;80
4.10;Radiation Risks Associated;87
4.11;with CT screening Procedures;87
4.12;Contrast Agent Application and Protocols;100
5;Neuro / Ear-Nose-Throat;112
5.1;Cerebral Perfusion CT:;113
5.2;Technique and Clinical Applications;113
5.3;MDCT in Neuro-Vascular Imaging;124
5.4;Anatomy and Pathology;138
5.5;of the Temporal bone;138
5.6;Pathologies of the Orbit;148
5.7;Dental CT: Pathologic Findings;164
5.8;in the Teeth and Jaws;164
5.9;Anatomy and Corresponding;177
5.10;Oncological Imaging of the Neck;177
6;Cardiovascular Imaging;191
6.1;Noninvasive Coronary Artery Imaging;192
6.2;Technical Innovations in Cardiac and Coronary MsCT;205
6.3;Assessment of Coronary Artery stents by Coronary CT Angiography;223
6.4;Acute Chest Pain;231
6.5;The Role of Cardiac Computed Tomography in Cardiac surgery;236
6.6;New Indications for Cardiac CT;249
6.7;Complementary Role of Cardiac CT and MRI;265
6.8;Complementary Roles of Coronary CT and Myocardial Perfusion sPECT;281
6.9;CTA of the Aorta by MDCT;292
6.10;CTA of the spinal Arteries;306
6.11;Lower-Extremity CTA;316
7;Lung;326
7.1;Interstitial Lung Diseases;327
7.2;Pneumonia;350
7.3;CT of the Airways;369
8;Oncology;383
8.1;Liver Tumors;384
8.2;MDCT of Pancreatic Tumors;397
8.3;Imaging of Colorectal Tumors with Multidetector Row CT;413
8.4;Urogenital Tumors;433
8.5;PET-CT in Oncology;445
8.6;PET and PET-CT in Neuroendocrine Tumors;460
8.7;Role of MDCT in bone Tumors,;470
8.8;Metastases, and Myeloma;470
8.9;Dual Energy CT: Initial Description of Clinical Applications in the Abdomen;483
9;Intervention;497
9.1;CT-Guided biopsy and Drainage;498
9.2;Vertebroplasty;522
9.3;CT-Guided Tumor Ablation;538
9.4;Rotational C-Arm-based CT in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology;546
9.5;Abdominal Intervention with C-Arm CT;565
10;Trauma Imaging / Acute Care;571
10.1;CT Management of Multisystem Trauma;572
11;subject Index;584
12;List of Contributors;600