Introductory articles on MDCT principles, technology and challenges; articles on general MDCT-related issues.
Articles providing overviews on MDCT protocols and reporting on specific technical issues such as spatial and temporal resolution, radiation dose, contrast medium administration and scan timing.
Recognizing and managing patients at risk, and treating reactions to contrast medium, such as contrast medium-induced nephropathy, immediate-type hypersensitivity, extravasation and other adverse events.
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.
Reports on MDCT applications for brain imaging, including assessment of cerebral perfusion and neurovascular events, as well as imaging of bone and soft tissues of the neck, spine and skull.
MDCT applications in the field of cardiovascular imaging are numerous and include: assessment of the coronary arteries, bronchial arteries, renal arteries and aorta; diagnosis of aortic aneurysms, chest masses, pulmonary embolism and peripheral artery disease; evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafts and calcium scores; and visualization of vascular injury.
A selection of articles on non-vascular applications of MDCT in the chest, including visualization of lung parenchyma, lung cancer screening and staging, and assessment of patients with chest pain syndrome.
NEW --- CT Colonography
Literature on the latest developments in CT Colonography, from technical advances in scanning techniques and imaging algorithms to best practices in patient preparation, and from clinical applications in polyp and cancer detection to assessment of the diagnostic effectiveness and clinical impact.
Recent literature on the use of MDCT for imaging pathologies of the bones,
joints and muscles. Important clinical applications include trauma, neoplastic and degenerative
diseases, anatomic abnormalities, and implants.
