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CT: Clinical Applications and Contrast Agents

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This chapter discusses the currently used contrast agents and the clinical applications of computed tomography (CT) with special reference to its strengths and weaknesses in the skull, brain, orbit, otic capsule, spine, and CT angiography.

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  1. University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Robert A. Zimmerman MD (Professor of Radiology, Chief, Neuroradiology & MRI) (Professor of Radiology, Chief, Neuroradiology & MRI)

  2. Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Robert A. Zimmerman MD (Professor of Radiology, Chief, Neuroradiology & MRI) (Professor of Radiology, Chief, Neuroradiology & MRI)

  3. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, Provo, UT, 84604, USA

    Wendell A. Gibby MD (Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (Director of Magnetic Resonance Imaging)

  4. Department of Radiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA

    Raymond F. Carmody MD (Professor of Radiology) (Professor of Radiology)

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Gibby, W.A. (2000). CT: Clinical Applications and Contrast Agents. In: Zimmerman, R.A., Gibby, W.A., Carmody, R.F. (eds) Neuroimaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1152-5_2

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