Multislice-CT of the Abdomen
This book provides a lucid summary of modern multislice CT imaging of the abdomen, with a focus on the essential imaging findings. After a concise technical introduction, the most important abdominal diseases are described and illustrated with high-qualit
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Series Editors Maximilian F. Reiser Hedvig Hricak Michael Knauth
Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Durham A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, Munich Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus
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Christoph Johannes Zech Carlo Bartolozzi • Richard Baron Maximilian F. Reiser Editors
Multislice-CT of the Abdomen Foreword by Maximilian F. Reiser
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Christoph Johannes Zech Department of Clinical Radiology University Hospitals Munich, Großhadern Marchioninistraße 15 81377 Munich Germany Richard Baron Department of Radiology The University of Chicago 5841 S. Maryland Ave MC, 2026 Chicago, IL 60611 USA
ISSN 0942-5373 ISBN 978-3-642-17862-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-17863-4
Carlo Bartolozzi Department of Oncology Department of Transplants and Advanced Technology University of Pisa,Via Paradisa 2 56127 Pisa Italy Maximilian F. Reiser Department of Clinical Radiology University Hospitals Munich, Großhadern Marchioninistraße 15 81377 Munich Germany
ISBN 978-3-642-17863-4 (eBook)
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Foreword
Computed Tomography, in contrast to other imaging modalities, has long been regarded as a not very attractive working horse in diagnostic imaging. This notion greatly changed when Spiral-CT and Multislice-CT (MSCT) came up. A large number of acquisition parameters, reconstr
