CT of the Heart

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.

Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Christoph R. Becker, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany Juergen Brunn, MD, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Herz- und Gefaess-Klinik GmbH, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany Allen P. Burke, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC Filippo Cademartiri, MD, Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands J. Jeffrey Carr, MD, MSCE, Division of Radiological Sciences and Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC Marcello De Santis, MD, Department of Radiology, S. Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy Selami Dogan, MD, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Raimund Erbel, MD, Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Essen, Germany Andrew Farb, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC Zahi Fayad, MD, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Roman Fischbach, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany Aloke V. Finn, MD, Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Thomas Flohr, Division of Computed Tomography, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany Steffen C. Froehner, MD, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Herz- und Gefaess-Klinik GmbH, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany Kunihiko Fukuda, MD, Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Pascal Giat, PhD, Division of Computed Tomography, General Electric Medical Systems, Buc, France Herman Gold, MD, Cardiac Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston Reinhard Groell, MD, Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Austria Christopher Herzog, MD, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany David G. Hill, PhD, General Electric Medical Systems, South San Francisco, CA Udo Hoffmann, MD, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Armin Huber, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany Kai Uwe Juergens, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany Marc Kachelriess, PhD, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany Willi A. Kalender, PhD, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany Birgit Kantor, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN Frank D. Kolodgie, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC Yasushi Koyama, MD, Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital, Ehime, Japan Axel Kuettner, MD, Department of Radiology, University of Tubingen, Germany Alexander W. Leber, MD, Medizinische Klinik I, University Hospital Clinic Munich-Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany Cynthia H. McCollough, PhD, Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN David Maintz, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany Alexander R. Margulis, MD, DSc (HON), Department of Radiology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Teruhito Mochizuki, MD, Department of Radiology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan Stefan Mohlenkamp, MD, Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Essen, Essen, Germany Koen Nieman, MD, Department of Cardiology (Thoraxcenter) and Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Konstantin Nikolaou, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany, and Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York Christopher J. O'Donnell, MD, MPH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, and Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Bernd M. Ohnesorge, PhD, Division of Computed Tomography, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany Tinsu Pan, General Electric Medical Systems, Waukesha, WI Jean-Francois Paul, MD, Radiology Unit, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, Plessis Robinson, France Heiko Pump, MD, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany Erik L. Ritman, MD, PhD Physiological Imaging Research Laboratory, Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN Jean-Louis Sablayrolles, MD, Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint Denis, France Toru Sakuma, MD, Department of Radiology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Axel Schmermund, MD, Department of Cardiology, University Clinic Essen, Germany Rainer R. Schmitt, MD, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Herz- und Gefaess-Klinik GmbH, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany U. Joseph Schoepf, MD, Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston Stephen Schroeder, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiology, Eberhard-Karls-Universitat, Tubingen, Germany Rainer Seibel, MD, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany Kaiss Shanneik, MSc, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany Joseph Shemesh, MD, Department of Cardiology, The Grace Ballas Cardiac Research Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel William Stanford, MD, Division of Chest and Cardiovascular Radiology, Department of Radiology, Ray J. and Lucille A. Carver University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City Stefan Ulzheimer, PhD, Division of Computed Tomography, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany Robert J. M. Van Geuns, MD, Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Renu Virmani, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC Thomas J. Vogl, MD, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Matthias Wagner, MD, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Herz- und Gefaess-Klinik GmbH, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany Dominik Weishaupt, MD, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Brian R. Westerman, PhD, Division of Computed Tomography, Toshiba Medical Solutions, Los Angeles, CA Jurgen K. Willmann, MD, Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland Bernd J. Wintersperger, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Germany