Computed Tomography

Ehsan Samei, Ph.D. is a Professor at Duke University with appointments in Radiology, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Medical Physics. He is the chief imaging physicist at Duke University Health System and serves as the director of the Medical Physics Graduate Program at Duke University. . Norbert Pelc, Sc.D is Boston Scientific Applied Biomedical Engineering Professor, Professor of Bioengineering and of Radiology and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He is former chair of the Department of Bioengineering.

“This book will also serve as a useful reference point for the consultant radiologist wishing to brush up on CT physics alongside advances within their subspeciality. ... this book is not confined to one of these fields and remains relevant to a wide audience.” (Mark Wills, RAD Magazine, December, 2020)

• Part 1: CT Systems.- Fan-beam CT systems.- Cone-beam CT systems.- Novel CT acquisitions.- CT statistical and iterative reconstructions and post-processing.- Part 2: CT Performance.- Dose and risk characterization in CT.- CT image quality characterizations.- Clinical CT performance evaluation.- CT Performance Optimization.- Part 3: CT practice.- CT practice management.- CT practice optimization.- CT practice monitoring.- Part 4: Spectral CT.- Methods for spectral CT imaging.- Clinical applications of spectral CT.- Future prospects of spectral CT:  photon counting.- Part 5: Quantitative CT.- CT-based quantification.- CT material identification.- CT texture Characterization.- Part 6: CT as a functional imaging technique.- CT perfusion techniques and applications in stroke and cancer.- CT myocardial perfusion imaging.- Part 7: Special Purpose CT.- CT in musculoskeletal applications.- Utility of CBCT in neurovascular diagnosis and interventions.- CT in cardiac applications