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