CT Imaging

Practical Physics, Artifacts, and Pitfalls

Alexander C. Mamourian

Readable, clinically focused review of CT imaging and applied physics
Cases, artifacts, and pitfalls
Self-assessment questions
Perfect text for Practical Radiology Physics courses and examination preparation
Geared toward the physics questions on the new radiology boards

CT Imaging

Practical Physics, Artifacts, and Pitfalls

Alexander C. Mamourian

Description

CT imaging has become a mainstay of medical imaging. After 30 years this is a mature technology but the accumulation of innovations over the past decades have given it extraordinary capabilities and new applications continue to emerge. In this book Alex Mamourian uses early CT technology to explain the fundamentals of CT imaging and then builds on that base to explain how innovations such as slip-ring and multidetector arrays allow for rapid, high resolution imaging. This book covers complex applications such as CT cardiac imaging and dual-source dual-energy CT scanning as well as the pitfalls and artifacts that will be encountered in clinical practice. The book also includes chapters on the language of radiation dose and strategies for dose reduction that are essential for optimal CT imaging and patient safety.

CT Imaging

Practical Physics, Artifacts, and Pitfalls

Alexander C. Mamourian

Chapter 1: History and Physics of CT Imaging

Chapter 2: Radiation Safety and Risks

Chapter 3: CT cardiac imaging

Chapter 4: Cardiac CT Artifacts and Pitfalls

Chapter 5: Neuro CT Artifacts

Chapter 6: Neuro CT Pitfalls

Chapter 7: Body CT Artifacts

Chapter 8: Body CT Pitfalls

Chapter 9: Test Questions

CT Imaging

Practical Physics, Artifacts, and Pitfalls

Alexander C. Mamourian

Author Information

The author, Alex Mamourian MD, began his radiology training over thirty years ago and just when CT was first arriving in radiology departments. His radiology training included a fellowship in MR imaging at the University of Pennsylvania and another in neuroradiology at the Barrow Neurologic Institute. He is currently on faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in the department of Radiology. The focus of his career has been on radiology education and cross sectional imaging with both MR and CT.

Contributors:

Harold Litt MD, PhD
Assoc. Professor of Radiology and Medicine
Chief, Cardiovascular Imaging
Department of Radiology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Supratik Moulik MD
Fellow Cardiovascular Imaging
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19014

Nicholas Papanicolaou MD, FACR
Co-Chief, Body CT Section
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Radiology
Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Josef P. Debbins PhD, PE, DABMP
Staff Scientist
Keller Center for Imaging Innovation and
Department of Diagnostic Radiology
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
350 W. Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013

CT Imaging

Practical Physics, Artifacts, and Pitfalls

Alexander C. Mamourian

Reviews and Awards

"This easy-to-read book is recommended either as a personal copy or, certainly, for any departmental or sectional library." -- American Journal of Neuroradiology