Advances in CT IV

There have been continued advances in the Siemens Somatom Plus CT technology and applications over the last 4 years. Developments in scanning hardware and software have enabled great strides to be made toward rapid high resolution, volumetric imaging and 3D displays. Radiologists have rapidly implemented into these technical advances the clinical environment so as to improve diagnosis and patient care. This book presents the practical experience of an international expert group of radiologists and physicists with some of the major new developments in spiral CT such as dose reduction, image-guided interventions, data postprocessing, and many more.
TOC: From the contents: Spiral CT: How New Technology has Improved Scanner Utilization & Productivity.- Spiral CT in Maxillo-Facial Trauma.-Cardiac CT with Prospective Cardiac Gating.- The Diagnostic Impact of Spiral CT for Pulmonary Embolism.- CT-Guided Diagnostic Punctures of the Chest.-Dual Phase Spiral CT of Pancreatic Neoplasms.- 3-D Imaging and Virtual Reality Applications of Spiral CT.- Determination of Regional Brain Perfusion by Functional CT.- Volumetric Analysiss of Spiral CT Data.