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Future Developments for CT of the Thorax

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This final chapter of the book discusses possible or likely developments in technology needed for the thoracic region, i.e. for lung, cardiac and even breast imaging by CT. Respective activities related to hardware, software and applications are addressed in the next two sections. Considerations on image quality and dose will point out some basic physics constraints that have to be kept in mind. Application-related aspects are taken into account throughout the chapter.

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  1. Institute of Medical Physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Henkestr. 91, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    Willi A. Kalender PhD

  2. Department of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Maximiliansplatz 1, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Michael M. Lell MD

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Kalender, W.A., Lell, M.M. (2016). Future Developments for CT of the Thorax. In: Schoepf, U., Meinel, F. (eds) Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30355-0_28

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