Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax

Technical Bases, Chest, Radiation Exposure; Strategies for Dose Reduction and Improvement of Image Quality; niques for Contrast Medium Injection Technique; Airways; Diffuse Lung Disease; Pulmonary Infections; Multidetector CT Evaluation of ARDS; CT Screening for Lung Cancer; MDCT Screening for Lung Cancer: Current Controversies; MDCT Imaging of Focal Lung Disease; Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule; Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Lung Nodules; Staging of Lung Cancer with MDCT; Mediastinum; PET CT of the Thorax; MDCT Angiography of the Pulmonary Circulation; Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung; Venography; CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta; Heart: Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium; Angiography of the Coronary Arteries; Workflow Design for MDCT of the Thorax; 2D and 3D Visualization of Thoracic MDCT Data; Computer-Aided Diagnosis; Pediatric Multislice CT of the Chest; Diaphragm, Chest Wall, Pleura; Chest Trauma; CT Guided Interventions; Medical Legal Aspects; Future Technical Developments for CT of the Thorax.