Imaging Principles in Computed Tomography
Computed tomography (CT) has grown quickly from an innovative specialized tool to a mainstay of medicine in every healthcare setting. Hospitals, outpatient clinics, and physician offices find CT to be…
Spinal Cord Injury
Introduction More than 10,000 spinal cord injuries are diagnosed each year in the United States, with over half involving the cervical spinal cord. Multidetector computed tomography (CT) is recommended by…
Neurodegenerative Disorders
It is often clinically difficult to differentiate among the various neurodegenerative disorders such as dementias, hydrocephalus, and movement disorders, and even between pathologic and normal aging. In recent years, more…
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Introduction Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is very adept at displaying structural anatomy of the brain in great detail. However, the correlation between anatomy and function is not always clear or…
Foot and Ankle
How to Image the Foot and Ankle See the protocols for foot and ankle MRI at the end of this chapter. The foot and ankle are among the most difficult…
Hips and Pelvis
How to Image the Hips and Pelvis See the hip and pelvis protocols at the end of the chapter. • Coils and patient position: Generally, when evaluating the hips for…
