MDCT - From Protocols to Practice

Preface to the new edition

Contents

Contributors

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 2008

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 Malignancies: Principles 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

MDCT Protocols - Chest CT

MDCT Protocols - Pancreas

MDCT Protocols - Enterography

MDCT Protocols - Mesenteric

MDCT Protocols - Kidneys

MDCT Protocols - Urography

MDCT Protocols - Adrenal

MDCT Protocols - Thoracic Aorta

MDCT Protocols - Aorto-Iliac

MDCT Protocols - Runoff

MDCT Protocols - Trauma

MDCT Protocols - Pulmonary Embolism

MDCT Protocols - Pediatrics