This source presents the latest advances in cardiothoracic imaging, emphasizing new and emerging methods in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, positron-emission tomography, and digital chest radiography-facilitating the identification, analysis, and treatment of diseases and disorders commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. Bringing readers to the forefront of the field with expert assessments of new and emerging technologies that are impacting cardiothoracic imaging, this guide contains chapters devoted to PET-CT, cardiac CT, multidetector-row helical CT, high-resolution CT of the lungs, cardiac MR, functional MR, and digital chest radiography.