title: Principles of CT and CT technology.
abstract: This article provides a review of the basic principles of CT within the context of the evolution of CT. Modern CT technology can be understood as a natural progression of improvements and innovations in response to both engineering problems and clinical requirements. Detailed discussions of multislice CT, CT image quality evaluation, and radiation doses in CT will be presented in upcoming articles in this series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Therapy and Medical Physics, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102, USA. lgoldma@harthosp.org
authors.forename: Lee W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D004867:Equipment Design; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends