MRI Practicalities
Pulse oximetry MR safe pulse oximeters have fibreoptic probe connections Standard probes can cause burns from induced currents ECG MR safe ECG electrodes must be placed in a narrow triangle…
Contrast Media
Fig. 12.1 Commonly used radiographic contrast agents X-Ray Positive: Barium and Iodine-Containing Agents The use of barium sulfate is restricted to opacification of the gastro-intestinal tract for fluoroscopic examinations. Particularly…
Transfer of the Critical Care Patient
Airway End-tidal carbon dioxide monitor Laryngoscopes, blades and spare batteries Endotracheal tubes of appropriate sizes Water soluble lubricant Securing tape or ties for the endotracheal tube Guedel, nasopharyngeal airways Facemasks…
Patient Preparation
Florian Falter and Nicholas J. Screaton (eds.)Imaging the ICU Patient201410.1007/978-0-85729-781-5_10 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 10. Patient Preparation Najwan Abu Al-Saad1 and Hervé Schlotterbeck2 (1) Department of Anaesthesia, Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, UK (2) Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive…
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
Florian Falter and Nicholas J. Screaton (eds.)Imaging the ICU Patient201410.1007/978-0-85729-781-5_8 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 8. Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Yu Xuan Kitzing1 (1) Department of Radiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW,…
Image Review and Reporting
Florian Falter and Nicholas J. Screaton (eds.)Imaging the ICU Patient201410.1007/978-0-85729-781-5_7 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 7. Image Review and Reporting Peter Beddy1 (1) Department of Radiology, St James’s Hospital, James’s St, Dublin, 8, Ireland Peter Beddy…
Nuclear Oncology Teaching Cases
Fig. 31.1 [18F]FDG PET coronal images demonstrate multiple hypermetabolic lymph nodes on both sides of the diaphragm Fig. 31.2 Axial CT (left upper), [18F]FDG axial (upper right), fused [18F]FDG PET/CT…
Instrumentation
(5.1) and the percent standard deviation (or “noise”), %σ, is (5.2)according to the Poisson distribution. If the number of measurements is “large,” the distribution approximates a Gaussian, or normal, distribution,…
Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging in Oncology with Special Emphasis on Positron-Emitting Agents
Fig. 3.1 Hybrid PET/CT image showing uptake of [18F]FDG in a primary cancer lesion, a mediastinal lymph node (orange), and the structure of the bronchioles (white). (From Quon A, Napel…
Cancer of the Prostate, Testicles and Penis
Definitions of TNM Primary tumor (T) Clinical TX Primary tumor cannot be assessed T0 No evidence of primary tumor T1 Clinically inapparent tumor neither palpable nor visible by imaging T1a…
