Medical Imaging in Clinical Practice

362 Pages·52.055 MB·English

by  Erondu O.F. (Ed.)

MEDICAL IMAGING
IN
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu
MEDICAL IMAGING IN
CLINICAL PRACTICE
Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu
Medical Imaging in Clinical Practice
http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/45925
Edited by Okechukwu Felix Erondu
Contributors
Zongjin Li, Mojtaba Salouti, Akram Fazli, Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Francesco Alessandrino, Alfredo La Fianza, Giorgia
Ricci, Esmeralda Eshja, Francesco Alfano, Carolina Della Fiore, Chiara Cassani, Carlos Costa, Frederico Valente, Augusto
Silva, Patricia Carreño Moran, Julian Breeze, Michael Rees, Sonia Marta Moriguchi, Paulo Henrique Alves Togni, Katia
Hiromoto Koga, Marcelo Santos, Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Takuya Osada, Laurence B Lovat, Rehan Haidry, Martín Gallegos-
Duarte, Okechukwu Felix Erondu, Begona Garcia Zapirain, Maria Viqueira, Amaia Mendez Zorrilla
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Contents
Preface VII
Section 1 General Perspectives in Medical Imaging 1
Chapter 1 Content Based Retrieval Systems in a Clinical Context 3
Frederico Valente, Carlos Costa and Augusto Silva
Chapter 2 Challenges and Peculiarities of Paediatric Imaging 23
Okechukwu Felix Erondu
Chapter 3 Clinical Applications of Nuclear Medicine 37
Sonia Marta Moriguchi, Kátia Hiromoto Koga, Paulo Henrique Alves
Togni and Marcelo José dos Santos
Chapter 4 Current Perspectives on Molecular Imaging for Tracking Stem
Cell Therapy 63
Lingling Tong, Hui Zhao, Zuoxiang He and Zongjin Li
Section 2 Innovations in Medical Imaging Techniques 81
Chapter 5 Spin Average Supercompound Ultrasonography 83
Tsuicheng D. Chiu, Sonia Contreras and Martin Fox
Chapter 6 Ocular Movement and Cardiac Rhythm Control using EEG
Techniques 113
María Viqueira, Begoña García Zapirain and Amaia Mendez Zorrilla
Chapter 7 Novel Imaging Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in the
Upper Gastrointestinal Tract 137
Rehan Haidry and Laurence Lovat
VI Contents
Chapter 8 Vocal Folds Stroboscopic Image Processing for
Otolaryngology 175
A. Méndez Zorrilla and B. García Zapirain
Chapter 9 Infectious Foci Imaging with Targeting Radiopharmaceuticals
in Nuclear Medicine 193
Mojtaba Salouti and Akram Fazli
Section 3 Specific Clinical Applications 231
Chapter 10 Quantitative Assessment of Peripheral Arteries in
Ultrasound Images 233
Marco Antonio Gutierrez, Maurício Higa, Paulo Eduardo Pilon,
Marina de Sá Rebelo and Silvia Gelás Lage
Chapter 11 The Top Ten Cases in Cardiac MRI and the Most Important
Differential Diagnoses 253
Patricia Carreño-Morán, Julian Breeze and Michael R. Rees
Chapter 12 Determination for the Comprehensive Arterial Inflows in the
Lower Abdomen Assessed by Doppler Ultrasound:
Methodology, Physiological Validity and Perspective 283
Takuya Osada
Chapter 13 Plasticity of the Visual Pathway and Neuroimaging 307
M. Gallegos-Duarte, S. Moguel-Ancheita, J.D. Mendiola-
Santibañez, V. Morales-Tlalpan and C. Saldaña
Chapter 14 Differential Diagnosis for Female Pelvic Masses 327
Francesco Alessandrino, Carolina Dellafiore, Esmeralda Eshja,
Francesco Alfano, Giorgia Ricci, Chiara Cassani and Alfredo La
Fianza
Preface
Everyday, millions of medical images are produced worldwide, to aid diagnosis and treat‐
ment of patients. A typical patient’s diagnostic work-up is often incomplete without a medi‐
cal imaging technique. The various techniques for achieving this have continued to evolve,
from the basics through the sophisticated and now to the abstract. The concept of Medical
imaging has therefore continued to widen, from the conventional like X-rays, ultrasound,
CT, PET CT, MRI and nuclear Scintigraphy, to include various other recording and meas‐
urement techniques which may be documented by mapping or graphs.
This new book on ‘Medical Imaging in Clinical practice’ is another bold attempt to highlight
the various research efforts and adaptations of newer and emerging techniques in the ever
increasing world of medical Imaging. It seeks to explore the clinical applications of these
newer techniques, while drawing parallels with the more conventional methods. It is by no
means exhaustive, but achieves the overall purpose of widening the scope of knowledge
and the readers’ perception of the amazing world of medical Imaging.
I am sure, that most readers will not only be impressed, but encouraged to explore this ever
evolving specialty of Medical Imaging and the bright hopes it offers in the future of clini‐
cal practice.
Dr. Okechukwu Felix Erondu
University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria

Section 1
General Perspectives in Medical Imaging