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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dalrymple, Neal C
• Leyendecker, John R
• Oliphant, Michael,

Titel

Problem solving in abdominal imaging with CD-ROM [electronic resource]

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1st ed

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• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

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• Includes index.
• Front Cover; Problem Solving in Abdominal Imaging; Copyright Page; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; SECTION I: ADVANCED MODALITIES AS PROBLEM-SOLVING TOOLS; CHAPTER 1. Ultrasound; GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF ULTRASOUND TECHNIQUE; COMMON ARTIFACTS; ULTRASOUND OF THE UPPER ABDOMEN; RENAL ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGING OF THE PELVIS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND AS A PROBLEM SOLVER; CHAPTER 2. Multidetector Computed Tomography; BASIC PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE; TYPES OF MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC SCANNERS
• USE OF INTRAVENOUS AND ENTERIC CONTRAST MEDIA FOR MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYATTENUATION VALUES; RADIATION DOSE WITH MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTOCOLS AND TIPS; CHAPTER 3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging; ESSENCE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TOOLBOX; CONTRAST AGENTS; PROTOCOLS; SPECIALIZED TECHNIQUES; ARTIFACTS AND PITFALLS; CHAPTER 4. Positron Emission Tomography; THE ESSENCE OF PET AND PET/CT; PROBLEM-SOLVING APPLICATIONS OF PET AND PET/CT; PROTOCOLS; INTERPRETATION; LIMITATIONS, ARTIFACTS, AND PITFALLS
• CHAPTER 5. A Multidimensional Approach to Abdominal ImagingPIXELS AND VOXELS; MULTIPLANAR REFORMATIONS; PROJECTION TECHNIQUES; VOLUME RENDERING; THE FOURTH DIMENSION: TIME; SPECIFIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL APPLICATIONS; SECTION II: PROBLEM SOLVING: DISEASE CATEGORIES; CHAPTER 6. Localization and Spread of Disease; PERITONEUM; MESENTERIES AND LIGAMENTS OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS; EXTRAPERITONEAL SPACES; UNIFYING CONCEPT OF THE SUBPERITONEAL SPACE; PERITONEAL COMPARTMENTS AND RECESSES; FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN THE PERITONEAL SPACE; ORIGIN OF ABNORMAL GAS COLLECTIONS; LOCALIZING FLUID COLLECTIONS
• ORIGIN OF MASSESCHAPTER 7. Computed Tomography Incidentalomas; LIVER; PANCREAS; KIDNEY; ADRENAL GLAND; CHAPTER 8. Imaging Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain; ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: THE WORKHORSE OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; PELVIC PAIN; FLANK PAIN; GENERALIZED ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHAPTER 9. Imaging Evaluation of Trauma; ROLE OF IMAGING IN TRAUMA; KEY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN THE TRAUMA PATIENT; HEPATIC TRAUMA; SPLENIC TRAUMA; RENAL TRAUMA; ADRENAL TRAUMA; PANCREATIC TRAUMA
• TRAUMA TO THE URETER AND LOWER URINARY TRACTURETHRAL INJURY; BOWEL AND MESENTERIC INJURY; AORTIC INJURY; SOFT TISSUE AND BONE INJURIES; CHAPTER 10. A Brief Guide to Cancer Imaging; MECHANISMS OF TUMOR SPREAD; INTRODUCTION TO TUMOR STAGING; GUIDE TO SPECIFIC TUMORS; CHAPTER 11. Common Inherited and Metabolic Disorders; HEPATOBILIARY ABNORMALITIES; PANCREATIC ABNORMALITIES; GASTROINTESTINAL ABNORMALITIES; GENITOURINARY DISORDERS; ADRENAL; SPLEEN; SECTION III: PROBLEM SOLVING: ANATOMIC REGIONS; CHAPTER 12. Liver; CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS; LIVER ANATOMY; NORMAL IMAGING APPEARANCE OF THE LIVER
• DIFFUSE ABNORMALITIES OF THE LIVER
• Elsevier's new Problem Solving in Abdominal Imaging offers you a concise, practical, and instructional approach to your most common imaging questions. It presents basic principles of problem solving to apply to imaging the abdominal and pelvic organs, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary tract. Inside, you'll find expert guidance on how to accurately read what you see, and how to perform critical techniques including biopsy and percutaneous drainage. User-friendly features, such as tables and boxes, tips, pitfalls, and rules of thumb, place today's best practices at your fingertips. A ful
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