Protocols for Cardiac MR and CT: A Guide to Study Planning and Image Interpretation

✍ Scribed by Guillem Pons-Lladó (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 170
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practically oriented book opens by describing the basic Cardiac MR (CMR) sequences and Cardiac CT (CCT) acquisition techniques, offering step-by-step guidelines on acquiring CMR and CCT studies and analyzing images. The main body of the book provides a comprehensive description of the study protocols most suitable for particular diseases and discusses their respective rationales. In addition, it highlights key findings for every pathological condition, complemented by extensive illustrations. The book especially addresses the needs of junior cardiologists and radiologists embarking on the regular use of MR-based and CT-based cardiac imaging, though it also offers a valuable reference manual for senior specialists. Of particular benefit is the inclusion of both CMR and CCT, techniques which are usually treated separately, despite the regular use of both at advanced Cardiac Imaging Units.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Magnetic Resonance Sequences for Cardiovascular Applications and Study Planning....Pages 1-32
CMR Study Protocol of Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 33-48
CMR Study Protocol of Cardiomyopathies....Pages 49-69
CMR Study Protocol of Pericardial Diseases....Pages 71-79
CMR Study Protocol of Cardiac Masses and Tumours....Pages 81-91
CMR Study Protocol for Great Vessels....Pages 93-100
CMR Study Protocol for Valvular Diseases....Pages 101-113
CMR Study Protocols for Congenital Heart Diseases....Pages 115-129
Protocols for Cardiac Studies with Computed Tomography....Pages 131-142
Cardiac Computed Tomography: Post-processing and Analysis....Pages 143-167

✦ Subjects

Cardiac Imaging; Cardiology; Angiology; Oncology