__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. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Practical Approach to MDCT....Pages 3-9 Principles of Contrast Medium Delivery and Scan Timing in MDCT....Pages 10-24 Contrast Media Safety and Managing At-Risk Patients: Update 2008....Pages 25-30 MDCT Radiation Dose: Recent Advances....Pages 31-41 Dual-Source CT: Practical Aspects of Techniques and Applications....Pages 42-51 Contrast Considerations in Pregnancy....Pages 52-55 MDCT and Obesity....Pages 56-64 3-D Post-processing: Principles and Practical Applications....Pages 65-79 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Dual-Phase Liver MDCT....Pages 83-92 Hepatobiliary Imaging by MDCT....Pages 93-110 Soft Organ MDCT Imaging: Pancreas and Spleen....Pages 111-119 Mesenteric and Renal CT Angiography....Pages 120-137 Multi-detector Computed Tomography in the Gastrointestinal System....Pages 138-154 Multi-detector Computed Tomography Urography....Pages 155-165 PET/CT in Abdominal and Pelvic Malignancies: Principles and Practices....Pages 166-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Imaging Protocols for Cardiac CT....Pages 211-224 MDCT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta....Pages 225-235 Pulmonary Embolism Imaging with MDCT....Pages 236-249 MDCT Angiography of Peripheral Arterial Disease....Pages 250-262 Coronary CTA in Acute Chest Pain....Pages 263-268 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Coronary CTA for Stent Evaluation....Pages 269-275 Front Matter....Pages 277-277 CT Angiography of the Neck and Brain....Pages 279-294 MDCT Perfusion in Acute Stroke....Pages 295-309 Front Matter....Pages 311-311 MDCT of Abdominal Trauma....Pages 313-323 Role of MDCT in the Evaluation of Musculoskeletal Trauma....Pages 324-332 MDCT in Children: Scan Techniques and Contrast Issues....Pages 333-354 Back Matter....Pages 355-411 Deals with the contemporary and topical issues in MDCT technology and applications. This book includes 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. It is suitable for radiologists, residents, and medical physicists
