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Cardiac CT Angiography Manual

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Robert Pelberg. (Second edition) --London: Springer , c2015.

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This second edition is meant to adhere to the guiding principles of the original edition while serving as a useful and up to date manual on the theory, performance and application of Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA). The technique has come a long way and is now a mainstream, well-established cardiac diagnostic imaging modality with widespread acceptance and application. Cardiac CT Angiography Manual represents a useful summary of the field and an aid in the training process. It is intended to make…

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Author: Pelberg, Robert

Responsibility: Robert Pelberg

Edition: Second edition

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2015

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 295 p. : 146 illus., 80 illus. in color)

ISBN: 9781447166900; 9781447166894 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): Angiography - methods; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods

Abstract: This second edition is meant to adhere to the guiding principles of the original edition while serving as a useful and up to date manual on the theory, performance and application of Cardiac CT angiography (CCTA). The technique has come a long way and is now a mainstream, well-established cardiac diagnostic imaging modality with widespread acceptance and application. Cardiac CT Angiography Manual represents a useful summary of the field and an aid in the training process. It is intended to make hard to understand concepts, easy and enjoyable by translating difficult ideas into simple terminology and phraseology. It has been designed to guide the reader through the training process and to serve as a useful reference for those already practicing CCTA.

Contents: 1 Concepts in Radiation and Radiation Safety -- 2 Basic Principles in Computed Tomography (CT) -- 3 Principles Specific to Cardiac Computed Tomographic (CT) Angiography -- 4 Cardiac Anatomy -- 5 Artifacts -- 6 Calcium Scoring -- 7 Performance, Interpretation and Reporting -- 8 Diagnostic Performance of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography -- 9 Specific Applications of Cardiac Computed Tomographic Angiography.