New Techniques in Gastrointestinal Imaging

✍ Scribed by Steve Halligan, Helen M. Fenlon

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 455
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As continuing advances in computed tomography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear imaging spur the development of more accurate, safer, and less invasive modalities for gastrointestinal imaging-quickly rendering traditional procedures obsolete-medical professionals need only look to this definitive step-by-step guide for introduction, clear illustration, and comprehensive coverage of cutting-edge techniques ranging from virtual colonoscopy to dynamic imaging of the pelvic floor.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
1 CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)......Page 14
2 MR Colonography......Page 32
3 MR Imaging of the Liver......Page 52
4 Applications of Microbubbles in Liver Ultrasound......Page 112
5 Liver Imaging: Multislice CT......Page 134
6 Multislice CT Angiography of the Hepatic and Mesenteric Vasculature......Page 162
7 Positron Emission Tomography of the Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 188
8 Evaluation of the Small Intestine by MR Imaging......Page 216
9 Multiplanar CT Enterography......Page 242
10 Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Disease......Page 268
11 Endoscopic Ultrasound......Page 298
12 Imaging Rectal Cancer......Page 332
13 Self-Expanding Metal Colonic Stents......Page 356
14 Imaging the Anal Canal......Page 372
15 Dynamic Imaging of the Pelvic Floor......Page 402
Index......Page 444