CT of the Heart

Part I. Introduction and Historical Background

CT of the Heart: Past, Present, and Future
William Stanford

Part II. Technical Background

Electron Beam CT of the Heart
David G. Hill

Scan Techniques for Cardiac and Coronary Artery Imaging With Multislice CT
Bernd M. Ohnesorge, Brian R. Westerman, and U. Joseph Schoepf

Image Reconstruction for ECG-Triggered and ECG-Gated Multislice CT
Thomas Flohr and Tinsu Pan

Phase-Correlated Image Reconstruction Without ECG
Marc Kachelriess and Willi A. Kalender

Radiation Dose From CT of the Heart
Cynthia H. McCollough

Part III. Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium

Coronary Calcium Screening: An Epidemiologic Perspective
Christopher J. O'Donnell and Udo Hoffmann

Coronary Calcium Scanning: Why We Should Perform It
Axel Schmermund, Stefan Möhlenkamp, and Raimund Erbel

Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Electron Beam CT
Axel Schmermund, Stefan Möhlenkamp, and Raimund Erbel

Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Dual-Slice CT
Joseph Shemesh

Detection and Quantification of Calcified Coronary Plaque With Multidetector-Row CT
J. Jeffrey Carr

Coronary Calcium Scoring With Multidetector-Row CT: Rationale and Scoring Techniques
Roman Fischbach and David Maintz

Noninvasive Quantification of Coronary Calcium: Quantification Methods, Scanner Types, Scan Protocols, Accuracy, and Reproducibility
Stefan Ulzheimer, Kaiss Shanneik, and Willi A. Kalender

Part IV. Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart: Morphology and Function

CT of the Pericardium
Reinhard Groell

Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Cardiac Valves
Jürgen K. Willmann and Dominik Weishaupt

Multislice CT of the Heart and Great Vessels in Congenital Heart DiseasePatients
Jean-François Paul

Imaging of Cardiac and Paracardiac Masses and Pseudotumors
Bernd J. Wintersperger

Multidetector-Row CT Assessment of Left-Ventricular Function
Kai Uwe Juergens and Roman Fischbach

Imaging Intramyocardial Microcirculatory Function Using Fast Computed Tomography
Stefan Möhlenkamp, Axel Schmermund, Birgit Kantor, Raimund Erbel, and Erik L. Ritman

Approaches for Assessing Myocardial Viability With Multidetector-Row CT
Yasushi Koyama and Teruhito Mochizuki

Part V. Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart: Coronary Arteries

Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries and Veins in CT Imaging
Robert J. M. van Geuns and Filippo Cademartiri

Techniques and Protocols for Acquisition and Display of Contrast-Enhanced CT Angiography
Christoph R. Becker

Contrast Material Injection Techniques for CT Angiography of the Coronary Arteries
Filippo Cademartiri and Koen Nieman

Visualization Techniques for Contrast- Enhanced CT Angiography of Coronary Arteries
Jean-Louis Sablayrolles and Pascal Giat

CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Anomalies
Steffen C. Froehner, Matthias Wagner, Juergen Brunn, and Rainer R. Schmitt

Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Kawasaki Disease
Toru Sakuma and Kunihiko Fukuda

Multidetector-Row CT of the Coronary Arteries for Planning of Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery
Christopher Herzog, Selami Dogan, and Thomas J. Vogl

CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Bypass Grafts
Marcello De Santis

Contrast-Enhanced Electron Beam CT and Multidetector-Row CT in the Evaluation of Coronary Stent Patency
Heiko Pump, Stefan Möhlenkamp, Raimund Erbel, and Rainer Seibel

CT Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis
Koen Nieman and Filippo Cademartiri

Complementary Use of Coronary