CT of the Heart Principles and Applications

Leading clinicians and researchers from around the world review the full scope of current developments, research, and scientific controversy regarding the principles and applications of cardiac CT. Richly illustrated with numerous black-and-white and color images, the book discusses the interpretation of CT images of the heart in a variety of clinical, physiological, and pathological applications. The authors emphasize current state-of-the-art uses of CT, but also examine developments at the horizon. They also review the technical basis of CT image acquisition, as well as tools for image visualization and analysis.

and Historical Background.- CT of the Heart.- Technical Background.- Electron Beam CT of the Heart.- Scan Techniques for Cardiac and Coronary Artery Imaging With Multislice CT.- Image Reconstruction for ECG-Triggered and ECG-Gated Multislice CT.- Phase-Correlated Image Reconstruction Without ECG.- Radiation Dose From CT of the Heart.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium.- Coronary Calcium Screening.- Coronary Calcium Scanning.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Electron Beam CT.- Detection and Quantification of Coronary Calcium With Dual-Slice CT.- Detection and Quantification of Calcified Coronary Plaque With Multidetector-Row CT.- Coronary Calcium Scoring With Multidetector-Row CT.- Noninvasive Quantification of Coronary Calcium.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- CT of the Pericardium.- Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Cardiac Valves.- Multislice CT of the Heart and Great Vessels in Congenital Heart Disease Patients.- Imaging of Cardiac and Paracardiac Masses and Pseudotumors.- Multidetector-Row CT Assessment of Left-Ventricular Function.- Imaging Intramyocardial Microcirculatory Function Using Fast Computed Tomography.- Approaches for Assessing Myocardial Viability With Multidetector-Row CT.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries and Veins in CT Imaging.- Techniques and Protocols for Acquisition and Display of Contrast-Enhanced CT Angiography.- Contrast Material Injection Techniques for CT Angiography of the Coronary Arteries.- Visualization Techniques for Contrast-Enhanced CT Angiography of Coronary Arteries.- CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Artery Anomalies.- Multidetector-Row CT for Assessment of Kawasaki Disease.- Multidetector-Row CT of the Coronary Arteries for Planning of Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery.- CT Angiography for Assessment of Coronary Bypass Grafts.- Contrast-Enhanced Electron Beam CT and Multidetector-Row CT in the Evaluation of Coronary Stent Patency.- CT Angiography for the Detection of Coronary Artery Stenosis.- Complementary Use of Coronary Calcium Scoring and CT Angiography.- CT vs Magnetic Resonance for Imaging of the Coronary Arteries.- Contrast-Enhanced CT of the Heart.- Pathology and Pathophysiology of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques.- Pathogenesis of the Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaque.- Multidetector-Row CT Imaging of Clinical and Preclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis.- Multidetector-Row CT vs Intravascular Ultrasound for Coronary Plaque Characterization.- Multidetector-Row CT vs Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Coronary Plaque Characterization.- Multidetector-Row CT for Detection of Noncalcified and Calcified Coronary Lesions.