Newsletter - May, 2008   Getting up to date in radiology – in the Mediterranean read more » North American physicians rate vendors and their products read more » Guidelines on screening and prevention of colorectal cancer: role of CT colonography read more » Best practices in recording and reporting radiation dose read more » UK advisory board statement on personally initiated CT examinations read more » European Congress of Radiology 2008 read more »         MDCT Technology   Introduction   view the list »   Technical Considerations   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.   view the list »   CM Safety   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.   view the list »   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   view the list »   Brain, and Head and Neck   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.   view the list »   Cardiovascular   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.   view the list »   Chest   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.   view the list »           Technical Considerations       MDCT radiation dose in children is further reduced by appropriate timing in the use of breast shields view»                 Abdomen and Pelvis       Liver mass in a woman with breast cancer and cirrhosis Woman, 71 years old view»     Progressive abdominal discomfort Woman, 24 years old view»   Brain, and Head and Neck       Headache in a 51-year-old man Man, 51 years old view»     Alcoholic man in a state of confusion Man, 63 years old view»     Panic attacks in an elderly man Man, 73 years old view»   Cardiovascular       Shortness of breath Woman, 64 years old view»     Aortic pathology in a girl previously operated for interventricular septal defect Girl, 8 years old view»     Infant with severe right ventricular insufficiency Baby, 3 months old view»   Chest       Asthma and worsening dyspnea Woman, 44 years old view»                   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 e-lectures archive >>                       © Copyright 2008 - Springer. All rights reserved. If you wish to be removed from this email list, please click here. If you would like to view our Privacy Policy, click here.