"Computed Tomography: Clinical Applications" ed. by Luca Saba

This book explores the applications of CT from medical imaging to other fields like physics, archeology and computer aided diagnosis.

Recently interesting technical, anthropomorphic, forensic and archeological as well as paleontological applications of computed tomography have been developed. These applications further strengthen the method as a generic diagnostic tool for non-destructive material testing and three-dimensional visualization beyond its medical use.

Contents
Part 1 Clinical Application
1 Computer-Aided Diagnosis for Acute Stroke in CT Images
2 3D-CT Mammary Lymphography Facilitate the Endoscopic Sentinel Node Biopsy
3 CT Aided Postoperative Breast Conservation Brachytherapy Irradiation
4 Application of CT Scanning in the Studies of Minimal Invasive Thoracoscopic Surgery of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
5 Endoscopic Vidian Neurectomy: The Anatomy Consideration and Preoperative Images Analysis
6 Phase Contrast Computed Tomography
7 Bone Density Measurement Using Computed Tomography
8 Extraction of Airway in Computed Tomography
Part 2 CAD and Advanced Imaging Application
9 QCT as a Base of Computer Aided Diagnosis of Osteoporotical Changes
10 Preoperative Virtual Navigation with 3D-CT Volume Rendering for Single Minimum Incision Endoscopic Nephron-Sparing Surgery on Renal Tumors
11 Spatial Anatomical Variation of Segmental Hepatic Vasculature and Bile Duct Assessed by Integrated 3D CT Images for Right Lateral Sector Graft Liver Transplantation
12 Fully Automatic Technique for Liver Segmentation from Abdominal CT Scan with Knowledge-Based Constraints
13 MicroCT: An Essential Tool in Bone Metastasis Research
14 CT Imaging of Hepatic Arteries
15 CT Imaging to Assess the Left Atrial Appendage Anatomy: Clinical Implications
Part 3 CT-PET and Radiation Dose
16 Integrated PET/CT in the Staging of NSCLC
17 Hybrid PET/CT and SPECT/CT Imaging
18 The Role of Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography in Integrated Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography Study
19 Cumulative Radiation Effective Dose
20 Dose Reduction on Computed Tomography Angiography Using Adaptive Control Techniques

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