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Perfect for radiology residents and practitioners, Fundamentals of Body CT offers an easily accessible introduction to body CT! Completely revised and meticulously updated, this latest edition covers today's most essential CT know-how, including the use of multislice CT to diagnose chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, as well as the expanded role of 3D CT and CT angiography in clinical practice. It’s everything you need to effectively perform and interpret CT scans.
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- Glean all essential, up-to-date, need-to-know information to effectively interpret CTs and the salient points needed to make accurate diagnoses.
- Review how the anatomy of each body area appears on a CT scan.
- Grasp each procedure and review key steps quickly with a comprehensive yet concise format.
- Achieve optimal results with step-by-step instructions on how to perform all current CT techniques.
- Compare diagnoses with a survey of major CT findings for a variety of common diseases—with an emphasis on those findings that help to differentiate one condition from another.
- Make effective use of 64-slice MDCT and dual source CT scanners with coverage of the most current indications.
- Stay current extensive updates of clinical guidelines that reflect recent changes in the practice of CT imaging, including (ACCP) Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer guidelines, paraneoplastic and superior vena cava syndrome, reactions to contrast solution and CT-guided needle biopsy.
- Get a clear view of the current state of imaging from extensively updated, high-quality images throughout.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| IFC | IFC | ||
| FUNDAMENTALS OF BODY CT | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Dedication | v | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Preface to the First Edition | ix | ||
| Contents | xi | ||
| Part I - THE THORAX | 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 - Introduction to CT of the Thorax: Chest CT Techniques | 3 | ||
| SPIRAL CT IN CHEST DIAGNOSIS | 3 | ||
| SPIRAL CHEST CT: GENERAL PRINCIPLES | 3 | ||
| SPIRAL CHEST CT: PROTOCOLS | 5 | ||
| RADIATION DOSE WITH CHEST CT | 7 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 8 | ||
| Chapter 2 - Mediastinum: Introduction and Normal Anatomy | 9 | ||
| NORMAL MEDIASTINAL ANATOMY | 9 | ||
| NORMAL CARDIAC ANATOMY | 18 | ||
| THE RETROSTERNAL SPACE | 21 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 22 | ||
| Chapter 3 - Mediastinum: Vascular Abnormalities and Pulmonary Embolism | 23 | ||
| AORTIC ABNORMALITIES | 23 | ||
| SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND GREAT VEINS | 33 | ||
| PULMONARY ARTERIES | 36 | ||
| THE HEART AND PERICARDIUM | 41 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 45 | ||
| Chapter 4 - Mediastinum: Lymph Node Abnormalities and Masses | 46 | ||
| LYMPH NODE GROUPS | 46 | ||
| CT APPEARANCE OF LYMPH NODES | 50 | ||
| DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODE ENLARGEMENT | 51 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF MEDIASTINAL MASSES | 58 | ||
| PREVASCULAR SPACE MASSES | 60 | ||
| RETROSTERNAL SPACE MASSES | 65 | ||
| PRETRACHEAL SPACE MASSES | 65 | ||
| AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW MASSES | 65 | ||
| SUBCARINAL SPACE AND AZYGOESOPHAGEAL RECESS | 65 | ||
| PARAVERTEBRAL MASSES | 65 | ||
| PARACARDIAC MASSES | 67 | ||
| DIFFUSE MEDIASTINAL ABNORMALITIES | 68 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 69 | ||
| Chapter 5 - The Pulmonary Hila | 70 | ||
| TECHNIQUE | 70 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS OF HILAR MASS OR ADENOPATHY | 70 | ||
| NORMAL AND ABNORMAL HILAR ANATOMY | 70 | ||
| BRONCHIAL ABNORMALITIES | 78 | ||
| DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HILAR MASS AND HILAR BRONCHIAL ABNORMALITIES | 79 | ||
| PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE | 85 | ||
| MASS VERSUS ATELECTASIS | 90 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 90 | ||
| Chapter 6 - Lung Disease | 91 | ||
| LOBAR ANATOMY | 91 | ||
| LOBAR PNEUMONIA | 91 | ||
| ATELECTASIS: TYPES AND PATTERNS OF LOBAR COLLAPSE | 93 | ||
| CONGENITAL LESIONS | 96 | ||
| SOLITARY PULMONARY NODULES AND FOCAL LUNG LESIONS | 99 | ||
| MULTIPLE LUNG NODULES AND MASSES | 111 | ||
| AIRWAY ABNORMALITIES | 113 | ||
| DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE AND HRCT | 118 | ||
| EMPHYSEMA | 128 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 129 | ||
| Chapter 7 - Pleura, Chest Wall, and Diaphragm | 131 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 131 | ||
| PLEURA | 131 | ||
| CHEST WALL | 143 | ||
| AXILLARY SPACE | 144 | ||
| BREAST | 144 | ||
| DIAPHRAGM | 145 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 146 | ||
| Part II - THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS | 149 | ||
| Chapter 8 - Introduction to CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis | 151 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 151 | ||
| GASTROINTESTINAL CONTRAST AGENTS | 151 | ||
| INTRAVENOUS CONTRAST AGENTS | 152 | ||
| HOW TO INTERPRET CT SCANS OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS | 152 | ||
| ARTIFACTS IN BODY CT | 154 | ||
| RADIATION DOSE IN CT | 156 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 157 | ||
| Chapter 9 - Peritoneal Cavity, Vessels, Nodes, and Abdominal Wall | 158 | ||
| PERITONEAL CAVITY | 158 | ||
| VESSELS | 163 | ||
| NODES | 170 | ||
| ABDOMINAL WALL | 172 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 174 | ||
| Chapter 10 - Abdominal Trauma | 175 | ||
| SCAN TECHNIQUE | 175 | ||
| TRAUMA CT AND PREGNANT PATIENTS | 176 | ||
| CT FINDINGS OF TRAUMATIC INJURY | 176 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 187 | ||
| Chapter 11 - Liver | 188 | ||
| ANATOMY | 188 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 191 | ||
| LIVER HEMODYNAMICS AND PERFUSION ABNORMALITIES | 192 | ||
| DIFFUSE LIVER DISEASE | 193 | ||
| FOCAL LIVER MASSES | 203 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 213 | ||
| Chapter 12 - Biliary Tree and Gallbladder | 214 | ||
| BILIARY TREE | 214 | ||
| GALLBLADDER | 221 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 224 | ||
| Chapter 13 - Pancreas | 225 | ||
| COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE | 225 | ||
| NORMAL ANATOMY OF THE PANCREAS | 225 | ||
| PANCREAS DIVISUM | 226 | ||
| ANNULAR PANCREAS | 227 | ||
| FATTY INFILTRATION OF THE PANCREAS | 227 | ||
| ACUTE PANCREATITIS | 228 | ||
| CHRONIC PANCREATITIS | 230 | ||
| AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS | 232 | ||
| GROOVE PANCREATITIS | 233 | ||
| ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS | 233 | ||
| NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS | 234 | ||
| PANCREATIC LYMPHOMA | 236 | ||
| METASTASES TO THE PANCREAS | 236 | ||
| CYSTIC LESIONS | 236 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 240 | ||
| Chapter 14 - Spleen | 241 | ||
| ANATOMY | 241 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 241 | ||
| ANOMALIES | 241 | ||
| FOCAL LESIONS | 243 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 249 | ||
| Chapter 15 - Kidneys and Ureters | 250 | ||
| KIDNEYS | 250 | ||
| URETERS | 271 | ||
| RENAL STONE DISEASE | 271 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 277 | ||
| Chapter 16 - Adrenal Glands | 278 | ||
| NORMAL ADRENAL GLANDS | 278 | ||
| CT TECHNIQUE FOR AN ADRENAL MASS | 278 | ||
| ADRENAL MASSES WITH A SPECIFIC IMAGING APPEARANCE | 278 | ||
| HYPERFUNCTIONING ADRENAL LESIONS | 283 | ||
| PROBLEMATIC ADRENAL MASSES | 284 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 289 | ||
| Chapter 17 - Gastrointestinal Tract | 290 | ||
| BASIC PRINCIPLES | 290 | ||
| CT ENTEROGRAPHY | 290 | ||
| CT ENTEROCLYSIS | 291 | ||
| CT COLONOGRAPHY | 291 | ||
| ESOPHAGUS | 292 | ||
| STOMACH | 296 | ||
| SMALL BOWEL | 300 | ||
| MESENTERY | 307 | ||
| APPENDIX | 309 | ||
| COLON AND RECTUM | 311 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 321 | ||
| Chapter 18 - Pelvis | 323 | ||
| ANATOMY | 323 | ||
| TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 325 | ||
| BLADDER | 326 | ||
| UTERUS | 328 | ||
| OVARY | 331 | ||
| PROSTATE | 336 | ||
| TESTES | 337 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 338 | ||
| Part III - MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | 341 | ||
| Chapter 19 - CT in Musculoskeletal Trauma | 343 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 343 | ||
| TRAUMA | 344 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 350 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 351 | ||
| Chapter 20 - CT in Musculoskeletal Nontrauma | 352 | ||
| DISK DISEASE | 352 | ||
| SPINAL STENOSIS | 356 | ||
| SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | 358 | ||
| SACROILIAC JOINTS | 359 | ||
| OSTEITIS PUBIS | 359 | ||
| COALITION | 359 | ||
| TUMORS AND INFECTION | 360 | ||
| METAL IMPLANTS | 363 | ||
| INTERVENTION | 364 | ||
| MEASUREMENTS | 364 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 365 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 365 | ||
| Chapter 21 - Incidental Findings | 366 | ||
| METASTATIC DISEASE AND MULTIPLE MYELOMA | 366 | ||
| HEMANGIOMA | 367 | ||
| SCHMORL NODES | 367 | ||
| TARLOV CYSTS | 367 | ||
| PAGET DISEASE | 370 | ||
| FIBROUS DYSPLASIA | 370 | ||
| ENCHONDROMA | 371 | ||
| AVASCULAR NECROSIS | 371 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 371 | ||
| SUGGESTED READING | 372 | ||
| Index | 373 | ||
| IBC | IBC |