Multislice-CT of the Abdomen

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zech, Christoph Johannes (Editor), Bartolozzi, Carlo (Editor), Baron, Richard (Editor), Reiser, Maximilian F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.

This book provides a lucid summary of modern multislice CT imaging of the abdomen, with a focus on the essential imaging findings. After a concise technical introduction, the most important abdominal diseases are described and illustrated with high-quality images. Sections are devoted to the liver a...

Table of Contents:

• Technique: Physical Background of MSCT
• Future Developments for MSCT
• Radiation Dose
• Contrast Agent Application and Protocols
• Liver& Biliary System: Imaging Findings in Cirrhotic Liver
• Imaging Findings in Non-Cirrhotic Liver
• Posttraumatic and Post-Surgical Findings
• Inflammatory Processes in the Liver and Biliary System
• Assessment of the Liver Vessels
• Pancreas & Spleen: Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis
• Solid Pancreatic Masses
• Cystic Pancreatic Masses.-Focal Splenic Masses
• Posttraumatic and Post-Surgical Findings
• Kidney and Urogenital System: Renal and Adrenal Masses
• Inflammatory Findings of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
• Male and Female Pelvis
• Bowel & Peritoneal Cavity: Small Bowel
• Large Bowel / Rectum
• CT Colonography
• Mesenteric and Retroperitoneal Disease
• Imaging Findings in Acute Abdomen.