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Abdomen and Pelvis

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Brain, and Head and Neck

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Cardiovascular

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Feasibility of whole-body MDCT angiography for detecting coronary and extracoronary atherosclerosis
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CM Safety

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Technical Considerations

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The diagnostic accuracy of CT perfusion compared
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Selected Literature

Abdomen and Pelvis

Literature reporting protocols, clinical applications and data interpretation for routine and emergency imaging of abdominal and pelvic organs such as liver, pancreas, urinary tract and gastrointestinal tract.

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New: Related to this Topic

The added diagnostic value of 64-row multidetector CT combined with contrast-enhanced US in the evaluation of hepatocellular nodule vascularity: implications in the diagnosis of malignancy in patients with liver cirrhosis
by E. Quaia, V. Alaimo, E. Baratella et al.

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Reviewed for You

Book Review

NEW --- Atlas of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Matthew J. Budoff, Jagat Narula and Stephan S. Achenbach (Eds.), Springer, 2007
Book Review by C. Catalano, Italy

CT- and MR-Guided Interventions in Radiology
Andreas H. Mahnken, Jens Ricke (Eds.), Springer, 2009
Book Review by B. Ertl-Wagner, Germany

Coronary CT angiography
M. Dewey, Springer, 2009
Book Review by JF Paul, France

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Brain, and Head and Neck

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CM Safety »

from: ECR 2009, Annual Meeting, Vienna, March 8, 2009

Patients with chronic kidney disease. Minimising the risk of contrast-induced nephropathy - SK Morcos »

Optimising Contrast Enhancement in CT - Patient Factors - T. Albrecht »

Optimising Contrast Enhancement in CT - Scanner Variables - M. Prokop »

Optimising Contrast Enhancement in CT - Contrast Variables - C. Catalano »

from: ECR 2008, Annual Meeting, Vienna, March 8, 2008

Evolving role of CT in cardiovascular imaging - A. Küttner »

Contrast optimisation in cardiac CT - F. Cademartiri »

Optimising radiation dose and image quality - JF Paul »

Management of renally impaired patients undergoing CT angiography - SK Morcos »

from: ESCR 2007, Annual Meeting, Rome, October 19, 2007

Evolving Role of CT in Cardiovascular Imaging - C. Becker »

Contrast Optimization in Cardiac CT - F. Cademartiri »

Management of at Risk Patients in Cardiac Imaging - C. Catalano »

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