New techniques in gastrointestinal imaging.

0824754441

New techniques in gastrointestinal imaging.

Ed. by Steve Halligan and Helen M. Fenlon.

Marcel Dekker

2004

438 pages

$179.95

Hardcover

RC804

Aiming to provide a summary of the most significant recent developments in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology, Halligan (consultant radiologist, St, Mark's Hospital, London, UK) and Fenlon (consultant radiologist, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland) present 15 contributions that survey new techniques useful in clinical practice. The chapters cover CT (computed tomography) colonography, MR (magnetic resonance) colonography, MR imaging of the liver, applications of microbubbles in liver ultrasound, multislice CD for liver imaging, multislice CT angiography of the hepatic and mesenteric vasculature, positron emission tomography of the gastrointestinal tract, evaluation of the small intestine by MR imaging, multiplanar CT enterography, radiofrequency ablation of liver disease, endoscopic ultrasound, imaging rectal cancer, self- expanding metal colonic stents, imaging the anal canal, and dynamic imaging of the pelvic floor.

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