Variants and Pitfalls in Body Imaging

Variants and Pitfalls in Body Imaging, Second Edition is the key to identifying features on images that can impede accurate diagnosis, particularly normal anatomic variants and technical artifacts that mimic pathology. Covering the abdomen, pelvis, and thorax and all current imaging modalities, this sourcebook explains how to differentiate normal anatomic variants, technical artifacts, and other diagnostic pitfalls from pathologic conditions.

Organized by site for easy reference, the book covers CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. This edition includes advanced technologies such as multidetector CT scanning for cardiovascular imaging, CT and MR enterography for enterocolitis, virtual colonoscopy, CT and MR urography, prostate and breast MR imaging, and PET/CT scanning. Well-respected radiologists walk the reader through specific body areas, describing problems, solutions, and relevant anatomy. Users will come away with a clear understanding that will yield on-target assessments for every patient.

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Preface
Foreword
Contributing Authors

SECTION 1: The Thorax
1 The Lungs and the Pleura: High-Resolution and Conventional CT
STEVEN L. PRIMACK, HO YUN LEE, AND KYUNG SOO LEE
2 Intrathoracic Vessels and the Pericardium
CYLEN JAVIDAN-NEJAD
3 Heart and the Coronary Arteries
HAMID R. MOJIBIAN, CYLEN JAVIDAN-NEJAD, AND KOSTAKI G. BIS
4 The Diaphragm
MICHAEL C. FARAH AND ALI SHIRKHODA

SECTION 2: Abdominal and Gastrointestinal
5 Anatomic Variants and Congenital Anomalies of the Liver
ONOFRIO A. CATALANO AND DUSHAYANT V. SAHANI
6 Multidetector CT Scanning of the Liver
PAMELA T. JOHNSON, KAREN M. HORTON, AND ELLIOT K. FISHMAN
7 MR Imaging of the Liver
RICHARD SEMELKA AND MOHAMED ELAZZAZI
8 Liver Ultrasound
BEATRICE L. MADRAZO, HOJUN YU, AND MOSTAFA ATRI
9 CT and Ultrasound of the Gallbladder and the Bile Ducts
PEYMAN BORGHEI, GARY G. GHAHREMANI, AND ALI SHIRKHODA
10 The Pancreas
KOENRAAD J. MORTELÉ AND ALI SHIRKHODA
11 Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
ANDREA LAGHI, A. RAGOZZINO, AND P. PAOLANTONIO
12 The Spleen
DAVID M. WARSHAUER AND ALI SHIRKHODA
13 The Gastrointestinal Tract: CT
MICHAEL MACARI
14 CT Enterography and CT Enteroclysis
MARC J. GOLLUB AND DEAN D. T. MAGLINTE
15 CT Colonography (Virtual Colonoscopy)
PERRY J. PICKHARDT
16 MR Enterography and MR Enteroclysis
NICHOLAS GOURTSOYIANNIS AND NICKOLAS PAPANIKOLAOU
17 The Peritoneum, Retroperitoneum, and Their Fascial Planes
ALI SHIRKHODA AND JOHN R. LEYENDECKER
18 Abdominal and Pelvic Vessels
KIRAN R. NANDALUR, JOHN L. ROBERTS, AND ANDREW HARDIE
19 Magnetic Resonance Angiography: Protocols, Pitfalls, and Artifacts in the Abdomen and Pelvis
ANIL N. SHETTY, MILIND DHAMANKAR, KOSTAKI G. BIS, AND ALI SHIRKHODA

SECTION 3: Genitourinary and Women’s Imaging
20 The Adrenal Glands
SEAMUS LOOBY AND PATRICK O’KANE
21 CT and MRI of the Kidneys
MARCO A. AMENDOLA AND LAURA R. CARUCCI
22 Renal Ultrasound
RENNARD B. TUCKER, MARCO A. AMENDOLA, AND CAROL A. MITTELSTAEDT
23 CT and MR Urography
KA-KEI NGAN, JOHN LEYENDECKER, AND KEYANOOSH HOSSEINZADEH
24 The Bladder, Prostate, and the Testis
ZAFAR H. JAFRI AND SYED A. AKBAR
25 Prostate MRI
FARNOOSH SOKHANDON, DESIREE MORGAN, AND HEDVIG HRICAK
26 The Female Pelvis
CATHERINE A. D’AGOSTINO, ROBIN W. WARSHAWSKY, PRIYA SHAH AND JOHN S. PELLERITO
27 Obstetrical Ultrasound
CHRISTINE H. COMSTOCK
28 Fetal MRI
NIRISH R. LAL, KEYANOOSH HOSSEINZADEH, AND GRYGORI GERASYMCHUK
29 MRI of the Breast
HAYDEE OJEDA-FOURNIER AND MARY C. MAHONEY
30 Breast Sonography
BRUNO D. FORNAGE

SECTION 4: Changes after Surgery or Radiation
31 The Lungs: Postoperative and Postradiation Changes
ANDETTA R. HUNSAKER AND MICHAEL C. FARAH
32 Abdomen and Pelvis: Changes on CT as a Result of Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Interventional Procedures
ALI SHIRKHODA

SECTION 5: Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
33 PET and PET-CT Scanning of the Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis
CHING-YEE OLIVER WONG AND ABASS ALAVI

SECTION 6: Abdominal and Pelvic Bones and Soft Tissue
34 Musculoskeletal System in the Thorax, Abdomen and Pelvis
JOONG MO AHN, GEORGES Y. EL-KHOURY, AND ALI SHIRKHODA
35 The Thoracoabdominal and Pelvic Musculoskeleton in Pediatrics
DAVID A. BLOOM, ALEXANDER A. CACCIARELLI, AND DONALD P. GIBSON

SECTION 7: Physical Principles of Artifacts
36 Physical Principles of MR Imaging Artifacts
ANIL N. SHETTY AND JOHN E. KIRSCH
37 Physical Principles of CT Artifacts
THEODORE VILLAFANA AND HARRY G. ZEGEL
38 Physical Principles and Clinical Impacts of Ultrasound Artifacts
DONOVAN M. BAKALYAR, MARNIX VAN HOLSBEECK, RICK LAYMAN, AND BEATRICE L. MADRAZO

Index