The CT Handbook: Optimizing Protocols for Today's Feature-Rich Scanners
Author: Timothy P. SzczykutowiczISBN: 9780944838532
Published: May 2020 | 580 pp | Hardcover
Price: $ 165.00
Doody's Book Review | June 2021
Description
This truly comprehensive and practical CT handbook covers all aspects of clinical CT imaging, from CT fundamentals to patient exam workflows and imaging protocol management. The author includes numerous practical examples and advice.
Purpose
The primary focus of this book is to provide useful information and practical guidance for optimizing CT imaging protocols, which is a very important objective for achieving high-quality patient images and for ensuring patient safety. Over the past decade, hospitals and imaging clinics have been facing the challenge of how to optimize and manage CT imaging protocols practically and effectively. Indeed, this handbook is a timely publication for filling the void by providing all the needed information in a single reference. It is well written and meets the author's objectives of providing comprehensive and practical information for supporting the day-to-day operation of CT imaging from the perspective of a CT protocol optimization team.
Audience
According to the author, this book is written primarily for practicing radiologists, medical physicists, and technologists. CT scientists, radiology managers, and administrators also should find this handbook useful. I would also recommend this book to students in radiology training programs and medical physics training programs for learning the clinical aspects of CT imaging. The author is clearly an experienced practicing diagnostic medical physicist and has been highly recognized as an expert in CT protocol optimization and management.
Features
This book is unique from the first chapter, which provides an overview of a large number of different CT technologies. Several examples of the CT exam workflow are described in chapter 2. Four chapters cover CT contrast, patient positioning, protocol management, and protocol review. These subjects are typically not available in other CT books, but they are very important in CT imaging. Image artifacts are covered extensively with many image examples. The buyer's guide chapter is useful for anyone in the process of purchasing a CT scanner. There are ample photographs, illustrations, tables, and charts throughout the book.
Assessment
This is an excellent book, useful and practical for anyone involved in clinical CT imaging. With the increased demand for CT protocol development, the continuous effort on imaging optimization, as well as the increased complexity of CT scanner technologies, it is critical to gain a good understanding of scanner capability and CT protocols for clinical use. I have collected a list of books on CT imaging, but none of them compares to the material covered in this book. This book answers the call for a practical, "know-how" book that provides guidance in clinical CT protocol optimization.
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John Rong, PhD(University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Weighted Numerical Score: 98 - 5 Stars!