Protocols for Multislice CT

R Bruning, A Kuttner, T Flohr

Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Preface……Page 5
Contributors……Page 9
Contents……Page 13
Abbreviations……Page 15
How to Read the Tables……Page 17
Part I – Technical Aspects and Dose Considerations……Page 19
1. Technical Principles and Applications of Multislice CT……Page 21
2. Future Perspectives of Multislice CT……Page 43
3. Dose Considerations and Radiation Protection Issues in Multislice CT……Page 49
4. Artifacts in MSCT……Page 59
5. CT of the Heart and Great Vessels: Protocols in Congenital Heart Disease Patients……Page 67
6. Contrast Medium Applications forMultislice CT……Page 71
7. Indication for PET- CT……Page 79
Part II – Brain……Page 89
8. Acute Neurovascular Events: Bleeding and Ischemia Diagnosed by MSCT……Page 91
9. CTA of Intracranial Aneurysm……Page 99
10. Imaging of the Cerebral Veins and Sinuses with MS-CT……Page 105
11. Brain Perfusion……Page 111
Part III – Neck……Page 117
12. Sinuses and Facial Skeleton……Page 119
13. Nasopharynx, Oropharynx, and Oral Cavity……Page 125
14. MDCT of the Hypopharynx and Larynx……Page 131
Part IV – Chest……Page 137
15. Multidetector CT-Diagnosis of Infectious Pulmonary Disease……Page 139
16. Parenchymal Changes of the Lung……Page 145
17. MSCT Imaging of Pulmonary Embolism……Page 155
18. Mediastinum, Pleura, and Chest Wall……Page 163
19. Thoracic Aorta……Page 171
Part V – Heart……Page 175
20. Calcium Screening……Page 177
21. Coronary Imaging……Page 183
22. Functional Cardiac Imaging……Page 189
23. Bypass Imaging……Page 195
24. Imaging of Coronary Stents……Page 201
25. Coronary Imaging at High Heart Rates……Page 205
Part VI – Abdomen……Page 211
26. Diffuse Liver Disease……Page 213
27. Focal Liver Lesions……Page 217
28. MSCT Imaging of Biliary Tract Disease……Page 223
29. MSCT of the Upper Urinary Tract……Page 231
30. Pancreas and Retroperitoneal Space……Page 235
31. Gastrointestinal Tract……Page 243
32. CT Colonography……Page 247
Part VII – Musculoskeletal……Page 251
33. Musculoskeletal Imaging……Page 253
Part VIII – Trauma……Page 265
34. Trauma Imaging……Page 267
Part IX – CT-Guided Interventions……Page 275
35. CT-Guided Abscess Drainage……Page 277
36. CT-Guided Diagnostic Punctures……Page 285
37. CT-Guided Ablation Therapy……Page 293
38. Vertebroplasty……Page 301
Subject Index……Page 305