• More clinics and large practices are investing in Computed Tomography (CT) equipment, meaning veterinary surgeons are often confronted with unfamiliar technical challenges like positioning and handling of the equipment. Even after obtaining the CT images, the interpretation can often be confusing, particularly when surgeons are not used to reading axial and transverse images.

    Split into two parts, looking first at the principles of CT and then drilling down to specific procedures by body region, this book is packed with over 200 high quality images, practical protocols and easy-to-locate information. It provides much needed support in choosing the right equipment, providing the exact protocol and coming to a final diagnosis.

  • PART 1 PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY

    1.1 Introduction and Overview, Perry Sprawls

    1.2. CT Image Characteristics, Perry Sprawls

    1.3. The CT Imaging Process and Equipment: Overview, Perry Sprawls

    1.4. The Scanning Phase, Perry Sprawls

    1.5. Image Reconstruction, Perry Sprawls

    1.6. Image Display and Viewing, Perry Sprawls

    1.7. Radiation Dose, Perry Sprawls and Wolfgang Henninger

    1.8 Image Quality and Dose Optimization, Perry Sprawls

    1.9. Patient preparation, Annemie Van Caelenberg, Henri van Bree, Ingrid Gielen andTim Waelbers

    1.10. Image interpretation and diagnosis, Wolfgang Henninger and JF Bardet

    1.11. DICOM viewing systems and display equipment, Eberhard Ludewig

    1.12. Purchase and Toshiba, Stef Janssens, Henri van Bree and Cees Verlooij

    1.13. Additional CT procedures, Wolfgang Henninger, Ingrid Gielen, Annemie Van Caelenberg, Henri van Bree and Walter Dingemanse

    PART 2 CT PROCEDURES

    2.1 CT of the Shoulder, Ingrid Gielen, Annemie Van Caelenberg and Henri van Bree

    2.2 CT of the Elbow, Ingrid Gielen, Annemie Van Caelenberg and Henri van Bree

    2.3. CT of the Carpus, Ingmar Kiefer, Eberhard Ludewig and Amalia Agut

    2.4. CT of the Digits, Ingmar Kiefer, Christian Niesterock, Eberhard Ludewig and Amalia Agut

    2.5 CT of the Hip, Pelvis and the Sacroiliac Joint, Wolfgang Henninger, Amalia Agut and Ingrid Gielen

    2.6 CT of the Stifle, Wolfgang Henninger, Amalia Agut and Ingrid Gielen

    2.7. CT of the Tarsus, Ingrid Gielen, Annemie Van Caelenberg and Henri van Bree

    2.8 CT of Long Bones, Ingrid Gielen, Henri van Bree, Gian Luca Rovesti and Michael Kowaleski

    2.9 CT of the Muscles, Stephan Kaiser

    2.10 CT of the Spine, Wolfgang Henninger, Amalia Agut, R. Latorre, Nuria Corzo-Menéndez, Peter Smith, Ingrid Gielen, S De Decker, C. Falzone and K. Kromhout

    2.11 CT of the Peripheral Nerves, Brachial and Lumbosacral Plexus, Stephan Kaiser

    2.12 CT of the Brain, Ingrid Gielen, Nuria Corzo-Menendez and Pierre Moisonnier

    2.13 The use of Intraoperative- and Follow-up CT scan, Ingrid Gielen and Henri van Bree

  • Dr. Ingrid Gielen

    Graduated from Ghent University in Belgium in July 1995 and joined the staff as assistant at the Department of Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
    Her PhD thesis was completed with the title “Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Canine Tarsocrural Osteochondrosis” in 2003.
    She was President of the European Association of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (EAVDI) 2004-2006. Since 2004, Dr. I. Gielen is Division Head of CT and MRI at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Belgium.
    Since 2015, she is visiting professor at the Department of Radiology and Radiation Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Currently, she is president of the International Elbow Working Group. She was invited speaker at many international conferences on medical imaging and orthopaedics and neurology and is author of more than 185 peer reviewed publications in national and international journals on medical imaging and orthopaedics. She has a particular interest in imaging techniques in joint diseases and neurologic diseases.

    Prof. Dr. Henri van Bree

    Graduated in 1974 at the Ghent University in Belgium.
    Since 1991 full professor in medical imaging and orthopaedic surgery at the Department of Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium.
    PhD at the University of Utrecht, Holland, Department of Radiology on the “comparative imaging in the canine shoulder”.
    From 2001 till 2015 head of the Department of Medical Imaging and Small Animal Orthopaedics.
    Is a Diplomate of both the European College of Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (ECVDI) and the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS).
    He received in 2014 the Richard-Völker-Medaille from the DGK-DVG – Kleintiere.
    Author of about 250 publications on medical imaging and orthopaedics.
    Invited speaker at about 150 international conferences on medical imaging and small animal arthroscopy.
    Research topics: comparative imaging in small animal joint disease.

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