MDCT : From Protocols to Practice

__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. MDCT - From Protocols to Practice......Page 1 MDCT - From Protocols to Practice......Page 3 Preface to the new edition......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 8 Section 1: Physics and Techniques of MDCT......Page 11 01. A Practical Approach to MDCT......Page 12 02. Principles of Contrast Medium Deliveryand Scan Timing in MDCT......Page 19 03. Contrast Media Safety and Managing At-RiskPatients: Update 2008......Page 34 04. MDCT Radiation Dose: Recent Advances......Page 40 05. Dual-Source CT: Practical Aspectsof Techniques and Applications......Page 51 06. Contrast Considerations in Pregnancy......Page 61 07. MDCT and Obesity......Page 65 08. 3-D Post-processing: Principles and PracticalApplications......Page 74 Section 2: MDCT of the Abdomen......Page 89 09. Dual-Phase Liver MDCT......Page 90 10. Hepatobiliary Imaging by MDCT......Page 100 11. Soft Organ MDCT Imaging: Pancreasand Spleen......Page 118 12. Mesenteric and Renal CT Angiography......Page 127 13. Multi-detector Computed Tomographyin the Gastrointestinal System......Page 145 14. Multi-detector Computed Tomography Urography......Page 162 15. PET/CT in Abdominal and PelvicMalignancies: Principles and Practices......Page 173 Section 3: MDCT of the Cardiovascular System......Page 216 16. Imaging Protocols for Cardiac CT......Page 217 17. MDCT Angiography of the Thoracic Aorta......Page 231 18. Pulmonary Embolism Imaging with MDCT......Page 242 19. MDCT Angiography of Peripheral ArterialDisease......Page 256 20. Coronary CTA in Acute Chest Pain......Page 269 21. Coronary CTA for Stent Evaluation......Page 275 Section 4: MDCT of Head and Neck......Page 282 22. CT Angiography of the Neck and Brain......Page 283 23. MDCT Perfusion in Acute Stroke......Page 299 Section 5: MDCT of Trauma......Page 314 24: MDCT of Abdominal Trauma......Page 315 25: Role of MDCT in the Evaluationof Musculoskeletal Trauma......Page 326 26. MDCT in Children: Scan Techniquesand Contrast Issues......Page 335 APPENDIX......Page 357 MDCT Protocols - Chest CT......Page 358 MDCT Protocols - Pancreas......Page 371 MDCT Protocols - Enterography......Page 374 MDCT Protocols - Mesenteric......Page 377 MDCT Protocols - Kidneys......Page 380 MDCT Protocols - Urography......Page 385 MDCT Protocols - Adrenal......Page 389 MDCT Protocols - Thoracic Aorta......Page 392 MDCT Protocols - Aorto-Iliac......Page 397 MDCT Protocols - Runoff......Page 399 MDCT Protocols - Trauma......Page 401 MDCT Protocols - Pulmonary Embolism......Page 406 MDCT Protocols - Pediatrics......Page 409 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