MDCT and MR Imaging of Acute Abdomen

Description

This superbly illustrated book describes a comprehensive and modern approach to the imaging of abdominal and pelvic emergencies of traumatic and non-traumatic origin. The aim is to equip the reader with a full understanding of the roles of advanced cross-sectional imaging modalities, including dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To this end, recent literature on the subject is reviewed, and current controversies in acute abdominal and pelvic imaging are discussed. Potential imaging and related pitfalls are highlighted and up-to-date information provided on differential diagnosis. The first two chapters explain an evidence-based approach to the evaluation of patients and present dose reduction strategies for multidetector CT imaging (MDCT). The remaining chapters describe specific applications of MDCT, DECT, and MRI for the imaging of both common and less common acute abdominal and pelvic conditions, including disorders in the pediatric population and pregnant patients. The book will be of value to emergency and abdominal radiologists, general radiologists, emergency department physicians and related personnel, general and trauma surgeons, and trainees in all these specialties. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Evidence-Based Imaging of the Acute Abdomen: Where Is the Evidence? (Ania Z. Kielar, Cynthia B. Walsh, Matthew D. F. McInnes)....Pages 1-10 Radiation Dose Reduction Strategies for Acute Abdominal and Pelvic CT (Samad Shah, Faisal Khosa, Savvas Nicolaou)....Pages 11-21 Dual-Energy CT in Patients with an Acute Abdomen (HeiShun Yu, David D. B. Bates, Dushyant V. Sahani)....Pages 23-41 Acute Hepatobiliary Imaging (Marina C. Bernal Fernandez, Jorge A. Soto, Christina A. LeBedis)....Pages 43-76 Advances in Acute Pancreatic Imaging (Dan Van Roekel, Stephan Anderson, Trevor Morrison)....Pages 77-97 MDCT and MRI of Bowel Obstruction and Ischemia (Daniel C. Oppenheimer, Constantine A. Raptis, Vincent M. Mellnick)....Pages 99-122 MR Imaging of Acute Appendicitis (Victoria Chernyak)....Pages 123-135 Advances in MDCT and MRI of Renal Emergencies (Daniel Barkmeier, Suzanne Chong)....Pages 137-149 Vascular Emergencies of the Retroperitoneum: Recent Advances in MDCT and Interventional Radiology (Anna Maria Ierardi, Francesca Iacobellis, Gianpaolo Carrafiello, Filippo Pesapane, Refky Nicola, Mariano Scaglione)....Pages 151-177 Acute Abdominal Pain in Pregnant Patients (Gabriele Masselli, Martina Derme, Gianfranco Gualdi)....Pages 179-192 MRI of the Acute Female Pelvis (Joseph W. Owen, Christine O. Menias)....Pages 193-216 Traumatic Abdominal Compartment Syndrome (Luigia Romano, Carlo Liguori, Ciro Acampora, Nicola Gagliardi, Antonio Pinto, Sonia Fulciniti et al.)....Pages 217-227 Imaging of the Acute Abdomen in the Pediatric Patients (Grazia Loretta Buquicchio, Margherita Trinci, Riccardo Ferrari, Stefania Ianniello, Michele Galluzzo, Vittorio Miele)....Pages 229-247