Indications
Indications This chapter summarizes fundamental indications for diagnostic radiologic imaging for various diseases. The indications listed in the following tables are intended as a guide and are not a substitute…
Technical Basics of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
Technical Basics of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging 3.1 Echocardiography Hashim Abdul-Khaliq Matthias Gutberlet 3.1.1 Introduction Echocardiography, which was introduced in the 1950s, leverages the physical characteristics of ultrasound. Echocardiography1 uses…
Standard Values and Formulas
Standard Values and Formulas Hashim Abdul-Khaliq Petra Böttler Samir Sarikouch 5.1 Preliminary Remarks This chapter is intended only to provide a brief overview of common standard values tables. The fundamental…
Surgical Treatment for Congenital Heart Defects
Surgical Treatment for Congenital Heart Defects 2.1 Fundamentals of Surgical Treatment Martin Kostelka Farhad Bakhtiary Friedrich Wilhelm Mohr 2.1.1 Evolution of Congenital Heart Surgery The first successful surgical interventions for…
Cardiogenesis and Classification of Congenital Heart Defects
Cardiogenesis and Classification of Congenital Heart Defects Eberhard Kuenzel Wolfgang Schmidt† 1.1 Cardiogenesis A firm basis of knowledge regarding the regular morphogenesis of the heart and cardiac-adjacent vascular system (normogenesis)…
Gastrointestinal Tract
Basic Principles CT complements endoscopy and barium examination of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract by demonstration of intramural and extraintestinal components of GI disease, including disease in the mesentery, peritoneal cavity,…
Kidneys and Ureters
Kidneys Anatomy of the Retroperitoneal Space A detailed understanding of the retroperitoneal fascial planes and compartments is a prerequisite for accurate interpretation of abdominal CT. The retroperitoneum is the anatomic…
CT in Musculoskeletal Trauma
Introduction The advent of increasing numbers of rows of detectors has expanded the utility for CT technology. Multidetector CT (MDCT) has the ability to produce near-isotropic voxel images that allow…
