Newsletter - May, 2008
 
MDCT.net News
Getting up to date in radiology – in the Mediterranean
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North American physicians rate vendors and their products
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Guidelines on screening and prevention of colorectal cancer: role of CT colonography
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Best practices in recording and reporting radiation dose
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UK advisory board statement on personally initiated CT examinations
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European Congress of Radiology 2008
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  Selected Literature
  MDCT Technology
  Introduction
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  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.
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  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.
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  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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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
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  Technical Considerations  
    MDCT radiation dose in children is further reduced by appropriate
timing in the use of breast shields

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  Abdomen and Pelvis  
    Liver mass in a woman with breast cancer and cirrhosis
Woman, 71 years old
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    Progressive abdominal discomfort
Woman, 24 years old
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  Brain, and Head and Neck  
    Headache in a 51-year-old man
Man, 51 years old
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    Alcoholic man in a state of confusion
Man, 63 years old
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    Panic attacks in an elderly man
Man, 73 years old
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  Cardiovascular  
    Shortness of breath
Woman, 64 years old
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    Aortic pathology in a girl previously operated for interventricular septal defect
Girl, 8 years old
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    Infant with severe right ventricular insufficiency
Baby, 3 months old
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  Chest  
    Asthma and worsening dyspnea
Woman, 44 years old
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    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



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