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.
