Multi-Detector CT Imaging: Abdomen, Pelvis, and CAD Applications PDF

Preface

The introduction of multi-detector row computed tomography (CT) in the early 1990s resulted in a fundamental and far-reaching improvement of CT imaging. For the first time, volumes of data could be acquired without misregistration of anatomical details, which indicated the development of 3D image processing techniques. In the last 20 years, CT technology has further improved with the introduction of systems up to 320-detector rows and with the development of dualsource and multispectral technology.

From these developments, the diagnostic potential of CT has impressively improved with an exceptional spatial resolution and the possibility to analyze with an exquisite level of detail several kinds of pathology. Thanks to the development of CT perfusion technique, functional brain imaging as well as liver imaging is now possible.

The purpose of this book is to cover clinical and engineering benefits in the diagnosis of human pathologies. It discusses the protocols and potential of advanced computed tomography scanners, explaining easily, but with an adequate level of detail, the role and potential of CT.