1. Getting to Know CT
| · | History of Radiology Leading to CT |
| · | X-ray Started it All |
| · | Tomography was Introduced |
| · | Computers Made it Possible |
| · | CT Scanner Designs |
| · | Benefits of CT |
| · | Getting the Inside Story |
| · | Visually Differentiating Tissues |
| · | Digital Images |
| · | Short Acquisition Time |
| · | Overview of CT |
| · | Review of X-ray Production |
| · | Attenuation of X-rays |
| · | Detectors Measure the X-rays |
| · | Image Reconstruction |
| · | Image Display and Archiving |
2. CT Hardware & System Operation
| · | The Flow of Data Through a CT System |
| · | The Operator's Console |
| · | The Host Computer |
| · | The Scan Controller |
| · | The Digital-to-Analog Convertor |
| · | Gantry and Table Controllers |
| · | The High Voltage Generator |
| · | The CT X-ray Tube |
| · | Collimators |
| · | Detectors |
| · | The Amplifier and the ADC |
| · | The Array Processor |
| · | PACS |
3. Forming CT Images
| · | Collecting Attenuation Information |
| · | Different Scanning Methods |
| · | Localizer Scan |
| · | Conventional Scan |
| · | Helical Scan |
| · | CT Image Reconstruction |
| · | Back Projection |
| · | Cone Beam Reconstruction |
| · | Convolution |
| · | Iterative Reconstruction |
| · | Digital Cross-sectional Images |
| · | The Gray Scale |
| · | Post-Processing Techniques |
| · | Retrospective Reconstruction |
| · | Multiplanar Reconstruction |
| · | 3D Surface Rendering |
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| 4. CT Image Appearance
| · | Contrast |
| · | Resolution |
| · | Noise |
| · | Dose |
| · | mAs |
| · | kVp |
| · | Slice Thickness |
| · | Table Increment |
| · | Pitch |
| · | Reconstruction Interval |
| · | Field-of-View |
| · | Matrix |
| · | Reconstruction Filter |
| · | Beam Hardening Artifact |
| · | Partial Volume Artifact |
| · | Motion Artifact |
| · | Metal Artifact |
| · | Windowing the CT Image |
| · | Applying a Display Filter |
| · | Magnifying the CT Image |
5. CT Safety
| · | Radiation Concerns |
| · | Measuring the Harmful Effects |
| · | Effective Dose |
| · | Minimizing the Patient Dose |
| · | Occupational Exposure |
| · | Contrast Agent Concerns |
| · | What is Contrast Media? |
| · | Intravenous Contrast Agents |
| · | Oral Contrast Agents |
| · | Intrathecal Contrast Agents |
| · | Emergency Procedures |
| · | Code Procedures |
| · | Vital Signs |
| · | Special Pediatric Care |
| · | Sedation |
| · | Minimizing Dose |
| · | Contrast Administration |
6. The CT Exam
| · | The Patient Experience |
| · | Preparation |
| · | The CT Exam |
| · | After the CT Exam |
| · | Typical CT Exams |
| · | Head, Neck, Spine, Joints, Chest, Abdomen, Pelvis |
| · | CT Angiography |
| · | CT Perfusion |
| · | CT Colonography |
| · | PET/CT |
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