Advances in CT IV: 4th International Scientific User Conference SOMATOM PLUS CT Rotterdam, March 1998
Author: Gabriel P. Krestin M.D., Ph.D., Gary M. Glazer M.D.
Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-642-72197-7
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-72195-3

Table of Contents:

Relationships Between Time, Dose, and Quality in Helical CT
Improvement of CT Performance by UFC Detector Technology
Dose Reduction Versus Image Quality in Spiral CT: How Far Down Can We Go in Clinical Practice?
Dose Reduction in CT by Anatomically Adapted Tube Current Modulation: Principles and First Results
Dose Reduction in CT by Anatomically Adapted Tube Current Modulation: First Patient Studies
Spiral CT and Its Use in Neuroradiology: A Review of Spiral CT Techniques, Real-Time Volume Rendering, and Real Time Neuronavigation
Determination of Regional Brain Perfusion by Functional CT
The Diagnostic Accuracy and the Role of Three-Dimensional CT Angiography for the Diagnosis of Cerebral Aneurysms
Spiral CT vs. Subsecond Conventional CT in Head and Neck Malignancies
Spiral CT in Maxillofacial Trauma
Optimizing CT Angiography of the Chest
The Diagnostic Impact of Spiral CT for Pulmonary Embolism
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Diagnostic Management of Pulmonary Embolism
Helical CT in the Pediatric Chest
Cardiac CT with Prospective Cardiac Gating
Imaging of the Heart by ECG-Oriented Reconstruction from Subsecond Spiral CT Scans
CT-Guided Diagnostic Punctures of the Chest
Three-Dimensional Imaging and Virtual Reality Applications of Spiral CT
Automatic Bolus Tracking for Spiral CT of the Liver
Dual-Phase Spiral CT of Pancreatic Neoplasms

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
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