Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax

Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax<br />Author: U. Joseph Schoepf MD<br /> Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg<br /> ISBN: 978-3-540-26247-3<br /> DOI: 10.1007/3-540-30006-6<br /><br />Table of Contents:<p></p><ul><li>Technical Bases of Multi-Slice CT </li><li>Radiation Exposure in Thoracic CT </li><li>Strategies for Dose Reduction and Improved Image Quality in MSCT </li><li>Contrast Medium Injection Technique </li><li>Multi-Detector-Row CT of the Airways </li><li>MDCT in Diffuse Lung Disease </li><li>Pulmonary Infections: Imaging with MDCT </li><li>Multidetector CT Evaluation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome </li><li>CT Screening for Lung Cancer </li><li>MDCT Screening for Lung Cancer: Current Controversies </li><li>MDCT Imaging of Focal Lung Disease </li><li>MDCT Strategies for the Non-Invasive Work-Up of the Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodule </li><li>Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of Lung Nodules </li><li>Staging of Lung Cancer with MDCT </li><li>MDCT in Mediastinal Imaging </li><li>PET/CT of the Thorax </li><li>Multidetector-Row CT Angiography of the Pulmonary Circulation </li><li>Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung </li><li>Multiple-Detector CT Venography </li><li>CT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta</li></ul>