A practical guide to computerized tomography. Manual and atlas

The reader finds an atlas of CT images, with accompanying captions and full-text comments. The book offers useful guidance and advice for daily practice. There are flowsheets and decision trees which give case-specific decision aids for choosing the most efficient strategy, both with regard to diagnosis and costs. The patient's exposure is an important criterion in this decision process. Another useful aspect worth mentioning is the fact that the algorithms given for the cost assessment of the various methods also include the prices of the BMAe, for rapid assessment and comparison of costs. CT examinations of the trunk is the main subject of the manual, including the most significant processes encountered in the facial part of the skull, in the neck and the limbs, and the osteo-CT for diagnostic evaluation of osteoporosis. (orig.) With 454 ill. covering 635 figs., 11 tabs., 13 algorithms