From recent advances in helical CT techniques to new developments
in lung cancer screening to optimized CT techniques in
musculoskeletal diagnosis, Fundamentals of Body CT, 5th Edition,
covers the essential information you need to know to effectively
perform and interpret CT scans. Step-by-step instructions for all
current CT techniques help you quickly understand each procedure
and review key steps. Comprehensive and easy to digest, this
introduction to body CT is an essential resource for radiology
residents, practicing radiologists, and medical students. Features
many new topics, discussions of additional diseases, and new,
high-quality images from cover to cover, including updated
descriptions and illustrations of normal anatomy and incidental
findings. Allows you to quickly 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. Reviews the spiral/helical CT protocols currently used for
the diagnosis of chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal
abnormalities, including high-resolution CT, lung nodule assessment
and lung cancer screening, CT pulmonary embolism diagnosis, CT
enterography, CT enteroclysis, CT colonography, and optimizing CT
techniques in musculoskeletal diagnosis. Brings you up to date with
recent advances in chest CT, including the classification of
adenocarcinoma, evaluation of lung nodules, lung cancer screening
(including Lung-RADS) and staging, and the classification and
diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases using high-resolution CT
Covers new developments in abdominal CT such as the Liver Imaging
Reporting and Data System (Li-RADS) for imaging and reporting small
hepatocellular carcinoma, reviews of the Atlanta Classification of
Acute Pancreatitis, and an improved description of CT findings of
histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma. Includes new
discussions of the diagnosis of musculoskeletal abnormalities
detected on chest and abdominal CT scans obtained for
non-musculoskeletal indications. Contains updated disease
classifications, including those for pulmonary adenocarcinoma,
diffuse lung diseases, and pancreatic lesions. Enhanced eBook
version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to
access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a
variety of devices.
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