CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability: Beyond Structure and Function

First publication to be devoted to the subject

Reviews an advanced, promising application in healthcare

Spans multiple medical disciplines

Description:

Recent research has identified the assessment of myocardial perfusion and viability as another promising CT application for the comprehensive diagnosis of coronary heart disease.

In this book, the first to be devoted to this novel application of CT, leading experts from across the world present up-to-date information and consider future directions.

After short sections outlining the state of the art in the traditional applications of CT to image structure and function, the full range of CT techniques that may be employed to evaluate the myocardial blood supply are discussed in detail.

Similarly, diverse CT approaches for the assessment of myocardial viability are described, with careful consideration of the available experimental and clinical evidence and the role of quantitative imaging.

Protocol recommendations that will be of invaluable practical assistance are also provided.

Table of contents (18 chapters)

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Coronary CT Angiography: State of the Art

Pages 3-21

Nance, John W.

, Jr.

CT Assessment of Global and Regional Cardiac Function: State of the Art

Pages 25-42

Agrawal, Rishi (et al.

)

Why Are We Interested in Myocardial Perfusion?

Pages 45-55

Bamberg, Fabian

CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Technical Options

Pages 57-63

Marin, Daniele (et al.

)

CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Single-Source, Single-Energy CT

Pages 65-74

Nikolaou, Konstantin

CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Ultra-Low Radiation Dose CT Techniques

Pages 75-78

Becker, Christoph (et al.

)

CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Dual-Source Dual-Energy CT

Pages 79-102

Ko, Sung Min

CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Supply-Fast kV-Switching Dual-Energy CT

Pages 103-110

Al-Hassan, Donya A.

(et al.

)

Dynamic, Time-Resolved CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion: Dual-Source CT

Pages 111-124

Bastarrika, Gorka (et al.

)

Dynamic, Time-Resolved Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion Using 256-Slice Computed Tomography

Pages 125-132

Mochizuki, Teruhito (et al.

)

Dynamic, Time-Resolved CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion: 320-Slice CT

Pages 133-143

Paul, Narinder S.

CT Assessment of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Quantitative Imaging

Pages 145-151

Ebersberger, Ullrich (et al.

)

Why are We Interested in Viability?

Pages 155-171

Vliegenthart, Rozemarijn (et al.

)

CT Approaches for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability

Pages 173-184

Mahnken, Andreas H.

CT Imaging of Myocardial Viability: Experimental and Clinical Evidence

Pages 185-192

Matthias Kerl, J.

CT Assessment of Myocardial Viability: Quantitive Imaging

Pages 193-205

Ruzsics, Balazs

CT Myocardial Perfusion Imaging: Clinical Implementation

Pages 209-225

Choe, Yeon Hyeon

CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability: Future Perspectives

Pages 227-229

Meinel, Felix G.

(et al.

)