Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR (2006) Appropriateness criteria for cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. A report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group. J Am Coll Radiol 3:751–771
Awai K, Takada K, Onishi H et al (2002) Aortic and hepatic enhancement and tumor to liver contrast: analysis of the effect of different concentrations of contrast material at multi-detector row helical CT. Radiology 224:757–763
Bae KT, Seeck BA, Hildebolt CF et al (2008) Contrast enhancement in cardiovascular MDCT: effect of body weight, height, body surface area, body mass index, and obesity. AJR Am J Roentgenol 190:777–784
Budoff MJ, Dowe D, Jollis JG et al (2008) Diagnostic performance of 64-multidetector row coronary computed tomographic angiography for evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in individuals without known coronary artery disease: results from the prospective multicenter ACCURACY (Assessment by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography of Individuals Undergoing Invasive Coronary Angiography) trial. J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1724–3172
Busacker A, Newell JD Jr, Keefe T et al (2009) A multivariate analysis of risk factors for the air-trapping asthmatic phenotype as measured by quantitative CT analysis. Chest 135:48–56
Dodd JD, de Jong PA, Levy RD et al (2008) Conventional high-resolution CT versus contiguous multidetector CT in the detection of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients. J Thorac Imaging 23:235–243
Endo I, Shimada H, Sugita M et al (2007) Role of three-dimensional imaging in operative planning for hilar cholangiocarcinoma. Surgery 142:666–675
Erturk SM, Ichikawa T, Sou H et al (2008) Effect of duration of contrast material injection on peak enhancement times and values of the aorta, main portal vein, and liver at dynamic MDCT with the dose of contrast medium tailored to patient weight. Clin Radiol 63:263–271
Fleischmann D (2002) Present and future trends in multiple detector-row CT applications: CT angiography. Eur Radiol 12(Suppl 2):S11–S15
Fleischmann D (2003) High-concentration contrast media in MDCT angiography: principles and rationale. Eur Radiol 13 Suppl 3:N39–N43
Fleischmann D (2003) Use of high-concentration contrast media in multiple-detector-row CT: principles and rationale. Eur Radiol 13:M14–M20
Fleischmann D (2005) How to design injection protocols for multiple detector-row CT an-giography (MDCTA). Eur Radiol 15 Suppl 5: E60–E65
Fleischmann D (2010) CT angiography: injection and acquisition technique. Radiol Clin North Am 48:237–247
Fleischmann D, Kamaya A (2009) Optimal vascular and parenchymal contrast enhancement: the current state of the art. Radiol Clin North Am 47:13–26
Fleischmann D, Rubin GD (2005) Quantification of intravenously administered contrast medium transit through the peripheral arteries: implications for CT angiography. Radiology 236:1076–1082
Fletcher JG, Huprich J, Loftus EV Jr et al (2008) Computerized tomography enterography and its role in small-bowel imaging. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 6:283–289
Flohr TG, Stierstorfer K, Ulzheimer S et al (2005) Image reconstruction and image quality evaluation for a 64-slice CT scanner with zflying focal spot. Med Phys 32:2536–2547
Funama Y, Awai K, Hatemura M et al (2008) Automatic tube current modulation technique for multidetector CT: is it effective with a 64-detector CT? Radiol Phys Technol 1:33–37
Funama Y, Awai K, Taguchi K et al (2009) Cone-beam technique for 64-MDCT of lung: image quality comparison with stepwise (stepand-shoot) technique. AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:273–278
Gomez D, Rahman SH, Won LF et al (2006) Characterization of malignant pancreatic cystic lesions in the background of chronic pancreatitis. JOP 7:465–472
Grierson C, Uthappa MC, Uberoi R, Warakaulle D (2007) Multidetector CT appearances of splanchnic arterial pathology. Clin Radiol 62:717–723
Groen JM, Greuter MJ, Schmidt B et al (2007). The influence of heart rate, slice thickness, and calcification density on calcium scores using 64-slice multidetector computed tomography: a systematic phantom study. Invest Radiol 42:848–855
Hirai N, Horiguchi J, Fujioka C et al (2008) Prospective versus retrospective ECG-gated 64-detector coronary CT angiography: assessment of image quality, stenosis, and radiation dose. Radiology 248:424–430
Huang JS, Pan HB, Chou CP et al (2008) Optimizing scanning phases in detecting small (2 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma: whole-liver dynamic study with multidetector row CT. J Comput Assist Tomogr 32:341–346
Ichikawa T, Erturk SM, Araki T (2006) Multiphasic contrast-enhanced multidetector-row CT of liver: contrast-enhancement theory and practical scan protocol with a combination of fixed injection duration and patients’ body-weight-tailored dose of contrast material. Eur J Radiol 58:165–176
Jankowski A, Martinelli T, Timsit JF et al (2007) Pulmonary nodule detection on MDCT images: evaluation of diagnostic performance using thin axial images, maximum intensity projections, and computer-assisted detection. Eur Radiol 17:3148–3156
Johnson PT, Fishman EK (2006) IV contrast selection for MDCT: current thoughts and practice. AJR Am J Roentgenol 186:406–415
Kakihara D, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H et al (2007) Usefulness of the long-axis and short-axis reformatted images of multidetector-row CT in evaluating T-factor of the surgically resected pancreaticobiliary malignancies. Eur J Radiol 63:96–104
Kalra MK, Maher MM, Toth TL et al (2004) Techniques and applications of automatic tube current modulation for CT. Radiology 233:649–657
Kamel IR, Liapi E, Fishman EK (2005) Liver and biliary system: evaluation by multidetector CT. Radiol Clin North Am 43:977–997
Kanamoto T, Matsuki M, Okuda J et al (2007) Preoperative evaluation of local invasion and metastatic lymph nodes of colorectal cancer and mesenteric vascular variations using multidetector-row computed tomography before laparoscopic surgery. J Comput Assist Tomogr 31:831–839
Kawel N, Seifert B, Luetolf M, Boehm T (2009) Effect of slab thickness on the CT detection of pulmonary nodules: use of sliding thinslab maximum intensity projection and volume rendering. AJR Am J Roentgenol 192:1324–1329
Kim DH, Pickhardt PJ, Taylor AJ et al (2007) CT colonography versus colonoscopy for the detection of advanced neoplasia. N Engl J Med 357:1403–1412
Klauss M, Mohr A, von Tengg-Kobligk H et al (2008) A new invasion score for determining the resectability of pancreatic carcinomas with contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography. Pancreatology 8:204–210
Kobayashi T, Ikeda Y, Murakami M et al (2008) Computed tomographic angiography to evaluate the right gastroepiploic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 14:166–171
Laghi A (2007) Multidetector CT (64 Slices) of the liver: examination techniques. Eur Radiol 17:675–683
Laghi A, Iannaccone R, Catalano C, Passariello R (2001) Multislice spiral computed tomography angiography of mesenteric arteries. Lancet 358:638–639
Laghi A, Passariello R (2008) La colonscopia virtuale. Springer, Milan
Maruyama T, Takada M, Hasuike T et al (2008) Radiation dose reduction and coronary as-sessability of prospective electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography coronary angiography: comparison with retrospective electrocardiogram-gated helical scan. J Am Coll Cardiol 52:1450–1455
Meijboom WB, Meijs MF, Schuijf JD et al (2008) Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography: a prospective, multicenter, multivendor study. J Am Coll Cardiol 52:2135–2144
Meijboom WB, van Mieghem CA, Mollet NR et al (2007). 64-slice computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with high, intermediate, or low pretest probability of significant coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 50:1469–7514
Minordi LM, Vecchioli A, Poloni G, Bonomo L (2007) CT enteroclysis: multidetector technique (MDCT) versus single-detector technique (SDCT) in patients with suspected small-bowel Crohn’s disease. Radiol Med 112:1188–1200
Mowatt G, Cummins E, Waugh N et al (2008). Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 64-slice or higher computed tomography angiography as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography in the investigation of coronary artery disease. Health Technol Assess 12:iii–iv, ix-143
Mulkens TH, Bellinck P, Baeyaert M et al (2005) Use of an automatic exposure control mechanism for dose optimization in multi-detector row CT examinations: clinical evaluation. Radiology 237:213–223
NIMISCAD Study Group (2008) Italian multicenter, prospective study to evaluate the negative predictive value of 16-and 64-slice MDCT imaging in patients scheduled for coronary angiography. Eur Radiol PMID:19089430
Pandharipande PV, Krinsky GA, Rusinek H, Lee VS (2005) Perfusion imaging of the liver: current challenges and future goals. Radiology 234:661–673
Pickhardt PJ, Hassan C, Laghi A et al (2008) Small and diminutive polyps detected at screening CT colonography: a decision analysis for referral to colonoscopy. AJR 190:136–144
Platten D, Keat N, Lewis M, Edyvean S (2005) Report 05068. 32 to 64 slice CT scanner comparison report version 13. ImPACT, Purchasing and Supply Agency 1–23
Prokop M (2003) Multislice CT: technical principles and future trends. Eur Radiol 13:M3–M13
Reid JH et the International Atomic Energy Agency Consultants’ Group (2009) Is the lung scan alive and well? Facts and controversies in defining the role of lung scintigraphy for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in the era of MDCT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36:505–521
Rogalla P, Kloeters C, Hein PA (2009) CT technology overview: 64-slice and beyond. Radiol Clin North Am 47:1–11
Romano S, Romano L, Grassi R (2007) Multidetector row computed tomography findings from ischemia to infarction of the large bowel. Eur J Radiol 61:433–441
Sahani DV, Soulez G, Chen KM et al (2007) Investigators of the IMPACT Study. A comparison of the efficacy and safety of iopamidol-370 and iodixanol-320 in patients undergoing multidetector-row computed tomography. Invest Radiol 42:856–861
Satoi S, Yamamoto H, Takai S et al (2007) Clinical impact of multidetector row computed tomography on patients with pancreatic cancer. Pancreas 34:175–179
Schroeder S, Achenbach S, Bengel F et al (2008) Cardiac computed tomography: indications, applications, limitations, and training requirements: report of a Writing Group deployed by the Working Group Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology. Eur Heart J 29:531–556
Smith RA, Cokkinides V, Brawley OW (2008) Cancer screening in the United States, 2008: a review of current American Cancer Society guidelines and cancer screening issues. CA Cancer J Clin 58:161–179
Strocchi S, Vite C, Callegari L et al (2006) Optimisation of multislice computed tomography protocols in angio-CT examinations. Radiol Med 11:238–244
Taylor SA, Laghi A, Lefere P et al (2007) European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR): consensus statement on CT colonography. Eur Radiol 17:575–579
Wahidi MM, Govert JA, Goudar RK et al (2007) Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest 132:94S–107S
Wang XP, Chen WX, Wu DS, Wang XD (2011) Whole-liver perfusion scans with 64-slice spiral CT in patients with liver cirrhosis. Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 42:382–386
Xia D, Bian J, Han X et al (1997) An Investigation of Compressivesensing Image Reconstruction from Flying-focal-spot CT Data. IEEE Nucl Sci Symp Conf Rec 2009:3458–3462
Yoneda K, Ueno J, Nishihara S et al (2007) Postprocessing technique with MDCT data improves the accuracy of the detection of lung nodules. Radiat Med 25:511–515
Yanaga Y, Awai K, Nakayama Y et al (2007) Optimal dose and injection duration (injection rate) of contrast material for depiction of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinomas by multidetector CT. Radiat Med 25:278–288
Zech CJ, Bruns C, Reiser MF, Herrmann KA (2008) [Tumor-like lesion of the pancreas in chronic pancreatitis: imaging characteristics of computed tomography]. Radiologe 48:777–784
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2012 Springer-Verlag Italia
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Laghi, A. (2012). Essential References. In: Laghi, A. (eds) MDCT Protocols. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2403-8_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2403-8_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Milano
Print ISBN: 978-88-470-2402-1
Online ISBN: 978-88-470-2403-8
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)