Description
Book SynopsisAtlas of Virtual Colonoscopy thoroughly revises and updates Abraham Dachman's bestselling first edition. Joined in this edition by co-editor Andrea Laghi, Dr. Dachman has expanded the focus of the text to cover fundamental topics of this rapidly evolving technology, including the history of virtual colonoscopy, a review of clinical trial data from throughout the world, and a presentation of clinical background information. Also included are chapters covering patient preparation and tagging, performing and reporting virtual colonoscopy, viewing methods, MR colonography, and computer aided detection. The second part of the text presents an atlas of high-resolution images with detailed explanations of teaching points, covering normal anatomy; sessile, pedunculated, diminutive and flat lesions; masses; stool and diverticula; and common pitfalls. Atlas of Virtual Colonoscopy is a valuable resource for all radiologists and gastroenterologists interested in learning the fundamentals of thi
Table of Contents
Part I: Text
Chapter 1: Virtual Colonoscopy: From concept to implementation
Authors: Beth McFarland, Katie Keysor and David J. Vining
Chapter 2: Global implementation of CTC
Chapter 3: Epidemiology and Screening of Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Cesare Hassan, Gabriel D. Lang and David T. Rubin
Chapter 4: Implementation and clinical trials in the USA
Authors: MAJ Peter Van Geertruyden, J. Richard Choi and LCDR Alex Galifianakis
Chapter 5: Clinical Trials. Europe
Authors: Daniele Regge and Andrea Laghi
Chapter 6: Patient preparation and tagging
Authors: Dipti K. Lenhart, Rocio Perez Johnston and Mike Zalis
Chapter 7: Performing and reporting.
Author: Abraham H. Dachman
Chapter 8: Viewing Methods
Author: Jorge Soto and Kevin J. Chang
Chapter 9: The Controversy Over Flat Lesions
Author: Seong Ho Park
Chapter 10: MR Colonography
Authors: Marije P. van der Paardt, Frank M. Zijta and Jaap Stoker
Chapter 11: Extracolonic Findings
Authors: Abraham H. Dachman and Ila Sethi
Chapter 12: Computer-Aided Detection
Authors: Kenji Suzuki and Abraham H. Dachman
Part II: Atlas
Authors: Franco Iafrate, Andrea Laghi and invited contributors
Chapter 13: Normal Anatomy
Chapter 14: Sessile polyps
Chapter 15: Pedunculated polyps
Chapter 16: Diminutive polyps
Chapter 17: Flat lesions
Chapter 18: Stool, diverticulosis
Chapter 19: Masses
Chapter 20: Pitfalls and miscellaneous
