Fig. 1 Short-axis reconstruction through the left ventricle illustrating locations of ROI and corresponding LV myocardium attenutation values (in HU) Analysis of the LV myocardium enhancement demonstrated that the lateral myocardial…
Scanner 2nd gen. DSCT Myocardial coverage 7.3 cm Scan type Shuttle mode Scan duration 30 s Contrast timing Test bolus −4 s Tube current and tube voltage 200 mAs, 100 kV Contrast application 50 cc, 370–400 mg…
Fig. 1 Comprehensive cardiac DSCT protocol for the assessment of coronary artery disease (CAD) using a second-generation DSCT system. The protocol comprises coronary artery calcium scoring, morphological coronary CT angiography (cCTA),…
U. Joseph Schoepf, Fabian Bamberg, Balazs Ruzsics, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart and Gorka Bastarrika (eds.)Medical RadiologyCT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability2014Beyond Structure and Function10.1007/174_2013_931 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 CT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability: Future Perspectives…
Fig. 1 Seventy-three-year-old female patient with coronary artery disease treated with several bypass grafts. CT scan revealed an occluded graft to the right coronary artery (arrowhead), a patent graft to the…
U. Joseph Schoepf, Fabian Bamberg, Balazs Ruzsics, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart and Gorka Bastarrika (eds.)Medical RadiologyCT Imaging of Myocardial Perfusion and Viability2014Beyond Structure and Function10.1007/174_2012_758 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 CT Evaluation of the Myocardial Blood Supply: Technical…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Recognize and name four causes of a large unilateral pleural effusion on a chest radiograph or computed tomograph (CT). 2. Describe the difference in appearance of a pulmonary abscess…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. List an appropriate differential diagnosis for upper lung disease seen on chest radiography or computed tomography (CT). 2. Describe the radiographic classification of sarcoidosis. 3. State the three most common…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Name the four major histologic types of lung cancer and describe the difference between small-cell and non–small-cell types. 2. Name the type of non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that most…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Identify a widened mediastinum on a posttrauma chest radiograph and state the differential diagnosis (including aortic/arterial injury, venous injury, and fracture of sternum or thoracic spine). 2. Identify and…
