Medical Radiology

Foreword It is a great pleasure to introduce this third, completely revised and updated edition of the suc- cessful volume on multislice CT, which was first published in 2002. It is amazing to observe the continuing rapid technological development in multislice CT and its new clinical applications. This volume again offers a comprehensive overview of all recent new experimental and clinical research in this field, but it also includes new chapters on dynamic volume CT with 320 detector rows and on flat detector CT. Numerous new and excellent illustra- tions help to push this book into an even higher scientific orbit. I am again deeply indebted to the editors, M.F. Reiser, C.R. Becker, K. Nikolaou, and G. Glazer, for their high level of dedication and efforts to edit this 3rd volume in such a short time period in order to include all the latest advances in multislice CT. I also congratulate the editors and the contributing authors, all internationally well-known CT experts, on the in-depth coverage of the individual chapters. This volume is a must for certified radiologists to update their knowledge and a source of ba- sic information on CT for radiologists in training. Referring medical and surgical specialists will find it very useful for the daily clinical management of their patients. Leuven Albert L. Baert Series Editor