


MDCT from Protocols to Practice
Kalra, M.
1ª Edición Mayo 2008
Inglés
Tapa blanda
410 pags
1700 gr
20 x 27 x 2 cm
ISBN 9788847008311
Editorial SPRINGER
About this book
MDCT: From Protocols to Practice tackles contemporary and topical issues in
MDCT technology and applications. As an updated edition of MDCT: A Practical
Approach, this volume offers new content as well as revised chapters from the
previous volume. New chapters discuss important topics such as imaging of children
and obese subjects, the use of contrast medium in pregnant women coronary, MDCT
angiography, and PET/CT in abdominal and pelvic malignancies. Furthermore an
Appendix with over 50 updated MDCT scanning protocols completes this publication.
The book emphasizes the practical aspects of MDCT, making it an invaluable source
of information for radiologists, residents, medical physicists, and radiology
technologists in everyday clinical practice.
Written for: Radiologists, residents, radiology fellows
Keywords:
- Coronary CTA
- MDCT Gastrointestinal System
- MDCT Urography
- MDCT in Children
- Obesity
- ET/CT
Table of contents
SECTION I Physics and Techniques of MDCT.- 1 A Practical Approach to MDCT.-
2 Principles of Contrast Medium Delivery and Scan Timing in MDCT.- 3 Contrast
Media Safety and Managing At-Risk Patients: Update 2007.- 4 MDCT Radiation Dose:
Recent Advances.- 5 Dual-Source CT: Practical Aspects of Techniques and Applications.-
6 Contrast Considerations in Pregnancy.- 7 MDCT and Obesity.- 8 3-D Post-processing:
Principles and Practical Applications.- SECTION II MDCT of the Abdomen.- 9 Dual-Phase
Liver MDCT.- 10 Hepatobiliary Imaging by MDCT.- 11 Soft Organ MDCT Imaging:
Pancreas and Spleen.- 12 Mesenteric and Renal CT Angiography.- 13 Multi-detector
Computed Tomography in the Gastrointestinal System.- 14 Multi-detector Computed
Tomography Urography.- 15 PET/CT in Abdominal and Pelvic Malagnancies: Principle
and Practices.- SECTION III MDCT of the Cardiovascular System.- 16 Imaging Protocols
for Cardiac CT.- 17 MDCT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta.- 18 Pulmonary Embolism
Imaging with MDCT.- 19 MDCT Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Disease.-20 Coronary
CTA in Acute Chest Pain.- 21 Coronary CTA for Stent Evaluation.- SECTION IV
MDCT of Head and Neck.- 22 CT Angiography of the Neck and Brain.- 23 MDCT Perfusion
in Acute Stroke.- SECTION V MDCT of Trauma.- 24 MDCT of Abdominal Trauma 25
Role of MDCT in the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Trauma.- SECTION VI Pediatric
MDCT.- 26 MDCT in Children: Scan Techniques and Contrast Issues.- Appendix MDCT
Protocols
Reviews
From the reviews:
"MDCT: From Protocols to Practice has just been published. … Throughout the book, the quality of the … images is impressive. … An important section of this book is the appendix, which contains all acquisition protocols for all CT scanners on the market. … I personally found the book extremely interesting and useful with much information … . I strongly recommend the book to radiologists in training and also to experienced colleagues." (C. Catalano, MDCT, March, 2009)
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