Interpretation of emergency head CT A practical handbook 2nd Edition by Rakesh R Misra, Erskine J Holmes ISBN 1316178889 9781316178881

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ISBN 10: 1316178889 
ISBN 13: 9781316178881
Author: Rakesh R Misra, Erskine J Holmes

This easy-to-read Handbook offers clinicians a practical system for interpreting emergency head CT. This image driven book covers a wide spectrum of conditions likely to be encountered in everyday clinical practice. Practical tips for recognizing subtle pathology, through to the more obvious, are supplemented by easy-to-interpret diagrams. New topics have been added since the first edition, including trauma CT cervical spine interpretation, and an up-to-date section on acute stroke. In addition to the clinical chapters, this Handbook provides simplified technical details, and a brief historical background, making it an excellent reference manual and learning aide for all clinicians with an interest in emergency CT head interpretation.

Interpretation of emergency head CT A practical handbook 2nd Table of contents:

Section 1
Fundamentals of Computed Tomography Imaging
History
Technical Details
Windowing and Grey-scale
Tissue Characteristics and Contrast Medium
Image Artefacts
Important Anatomical Considerations
Review of Normal Axial Anatomy
Review of Normal Coronal Anatomy
Review of Normal Sagittal Anatomy
Review of Normal Bony Axial Anatomy
Review of Normal Bony Coronal Anatomy
Review of Surface-rendered Bony Anatomy
Review of Vascular Territories
Review of Vascular Anatomy
Section 2
Reviewing a CT Scan
1 Acute Stroke
2 Subdural Haematoma (SDH)
3 Extradural/Epidural Haematoma
4 Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
5 Traumatic Parenchymal Brain Injury
6 Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
7 Hypoxic–Ischaemic Injury (HII)
8 Skull Fractures
9 Raised Intracranial Pressure
10 Hydrocephalus
11 Meningitis
12 Cerebral Abscess
13 Arteriovenous Malformation
14 Solitary Lesions
15 Multiple Lesions
16 Neck Vessel Dissection
Section 3
Cervical Spine
‘ABCs’ Approach to Interpreting Multiplanar Reformats of the CT Cervical Spine
Types of Spine Fractures
Types of Cervical Spine Fractures
Section 4
Self-assessment Section
Self-assessment – Answers

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