Protocols for multislice CT

This book provides structured up-to-date information on all routine protocols used for multislice (multidetector row) CT. The volume contains a detailed technical section and covers the prevailing investigations of the brain, neck, lungs and chest, abdomen with parenchymal organs and gastrointestinal tract, the musculoskeletal system and CTA as well as dedicated protocols for the heart. Separate chapters address the how-to of CT-guided interventions such as punctures, drainages, and therapeutic approaches. Each protocol is displayed en bloc, enabling rapid appreciation of indications and the necessary scanner settings. The second edition includes contributions by renowned experts in the field, who not only provide their clinical experience on each topic, but also give guidelines for indications, workflow, postprocessing and reconstruction algorithms. Cover......Page 1 Preface......Page 4 Contributors......Page 8 Contents......Page 11 Abbreviations......Page 13 How to Read the Tables......Page 14 Part I - Technical Aspects and Dose Considerations......Page 16 1. Technical Principles and Applications of Multislice CT......Page 18 2. Future Perspectives of Multislice CT......Page 40 3. Dose Considerations and Radiation Protection Issues in Multislice CT......Page 46 4. Artifacts in MSCT......Page 56 5. CT of the Heart and Great Vessels: Protocols in Congenital Heart Disease Patients......Page 64 6. Contrast Medium Applications forMultislice CT......Page 68 7. Indication for PET- CT......Page 76 Part II - Brain......Page 86 8. Acute Neurovascular Events: Bleeding and Ischemia Diagnosed by MSCT......Page 88 9. CTA of Intracranial Aneurysm......Page 96 10. Imaging of the Cerebral Veins and Sinuses with MS-CT......Page 102 11. Brain Perfusion......Page 108 Part III - Neck......Page 114 12. Sinuses and Facial Skeleton......Page 116 13. Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, and Oral Cavity......Page 122 14. MDCT of the Hypopharynx and Larynx......Page 128 Part IV - Chest......Page 134 15. Multidetector CT-Diagnosis of Infectious Pulmonary Disease......Page 136 16. Parenchymal Changes of the Lung......Page 142 17. MSCT Imaging of Pulmonary Embolism......Page 152 18. Mediastinum, Pleura, and Chest Wall......Page 160 19. Thoracic Aorta......Page 168 Part V - Heart......Page 172 20. Calcium Screening......Page 174 21. Coronary Imaging......Page 180 22. Functional Cardiac Imaging......Page 186 23. Bypass Imaging......Page 192 24. Imaging of Coronary Stents......Page 198 25. Coronary Imaging at High Heart Rates......Page 202 Part VI - Abdomen......Page 208 26. Diffuse Liver Disease......Page 210 27. Focal Liver Lesions......Page 214 28. MSCT Imaging of Biliary Tract Disease......Page 220 29. MSCT of the Upper Urinary Tract......Page 228 30. Pancreas and Retroperitoneal Space......Page 232 31. Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 240 32. CT Colonography......Page 244 Part VII - Musculoskeletal......Page 248 33. Musculoskeletal Imaging......Page 250 Part VIII - Trauma......Page 262 34. Trauma Imaging......Page 264 Part IX - CT-Guided Interventions......Page 272 35. CT-Guided Abscess Drainage......Page 274 36. CT-Guided Diagnostic Punctures......Page 282 37. CT-Guided Ablation Therapy......Page 290 38. Vertebroplasty......Page 298 Subject Index......Page 302 Contains information on the routine protocols used for multislice (multidetector row) CT. This title contains a technical section and covers the investigations of the brain, neck, lungs and chest, abdomen with parenchymal organs and gastrointestinal tract, the musculoskeletal system and CTA as well as dedicated protocols for the heart. The second edition of this text includes contributions by renowned experts in the field, who not only provide their clinical experience on each topic, but also give guidelines for indications, workflow, postprocessing and reconstruction algorithms R. Bruening, A. Kuettner, T. Flohr, Eds. Rev. Ed. Of: Protocols For Multislice Ct / R. Bruening, T. Flohr. C2003. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.