TY  - CHAP
AU  - Pasquale Santangeli
AU  - Luigi Di Biase
AU  - Rodney Horton
AU  - J. David Burkhardt
AU  - Andrea Natale
ED  - Luca Saba
Y1  - 2012-01-05
PY  - 2012
T1  - CT Imaging to Assess the Left Atrial Appendage Anatomy: Clinical Implications
N2  - Computed Tomography (CT), and in particular multi-detector-row computed tomography (MDCT), is a powerful non-invasive imaging tool with a number of advantages over the others non- invasive imaging techniques. CT has evolved into an indispensable imaging method in clinical routine. It was the first method to non-invasively acquire images of the inside of the human body that were not biased by superimposition of distinct anatomical structures. The first generation of CT scanners developed in the 1970s and numerous innovations have improved the utility and application field of the CT, such as the introduction of helical systems that allowed the development of the "volumetric CT" concept. In this book we want to explore 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.
BT  - Computed Tomography
SP  - Ch. 15
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/25008
DO  - 10.5772/25008
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-16
ER  -