MDCT:A Practical Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saini, Sanjay (Editor), Rubin, Geoffrey D. (Editor), Kalra, Mannudeep K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2006.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Interventional radiology.; Neuroradiology.; Cardiology.; Abdominal surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Interventional Radiology.; Abdominal Surgery.

Computed tomography (CT) is the most rapidly evolving medical imaging technology. This book describes current examination techniques and advanced clinical applications of state-of-the-art multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners in chapters contributed by several distinguished radiologists...

Table of Contents:

• Physics and Techniques of MDCT
• A Practical Approach to MDCT
• Principles of Contrast Medium Delivery and Scan Timing in MDCT
• Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Managing At-Risk Patients
• MDCT Radiation Dose
• MDCT of the Abdomen
• Dual-Phase Liver MDCT
• Hepatobiliary Imaging by Multidetector Computed Tomography (MDCT)
• Soft Organ MDCT Imaging: Pancreas and Spleen
• Mesenteric and Renal CT Angiography
• MDCT of the Cardiovascular System
• Imaging Protocols for Cardiac CT
• MDCT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta
• Pulmonary Embolism Imaging with MDCT
• MDCT Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Disease
• MDCT of Head and Neck
• CT Angiography of the Neck and Brain
• MDCT Perfusion in Acute Stroke
• MDCT of Trauma
• MDCT of Abdominal Trauma
• Role of MDCT in the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Trauma.