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Spiral and Multislice Computed Tomography Scanning: Physical Principles that Inform Protocol Development

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Multislice CT: A Practical Guide

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Spiral computed tomography affords the user a wide variety of selectable technical parameters. Despite more than so years of experience with this technique and its more advanced cousin, multislice CT, there is little international agreement to the optimum technical parameters to use. No single combination of these parameters is ideal for every indication. Specifically, there will always be trade-offs between radiation dose, image noise, image sharpness, and the amount of region coverage. The goal of this paper is to help the practitioner understand the physical principles that contribute to CT image quality and allow the design of optimal protocols for a variety of clinical situations.

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  1. Steven E. Seltzer
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    Borut Marincek M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Pablo R. Ros M. D., MPH (Vice Chairman, Operations & Planning Director, Partners Radiology Professor of Radiology) (Vice Chairman, Operations & Planning Director, Partners Radiology Professor of Radiology)

  3. Department of Clinical Radiology Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377, Munich, Deutschland

    Maximilian Reiser M. D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Head,Section of Abdominal Imaging Division of Radiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA

    Mark E. Baker M. D.

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Seltzer, S.E. (2001). Spiral and Multislice Computed Tomography Scanning: Physical Principles that Inform Protocol Development. In: Marincek, B., Ros, P.R., Reiser, M., Baker, M.E. (eds) Multislice CT: A Practical Guide. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59450-2_1

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