Trauma Computed Tomography

This book covers the use of computed tomography in trauma care. Over the last two decades, advancements in CT technology have significantly changed the technique and utilization patterns of computed tomography in trauma imaging. This book covers the entire spectrum of this application, structured by organ systems/body areas, corresponding to the subject structure and practice pattern of large academic radiology departments in the US. As a result, the reader benefits from the most advanced currently available sub-specialty expertise in the performance and interpretation of trauma CT studies.

The book is intended to serve as an introduction to the subject as well as a reference to the trauma radiologist. Since current post graduate education in radiology does not offer any formally regulated fellowship training in this area, fellowship trained radiologists are typically not trained to cover the entire spectrum of trauma imaging that the practitioner may encounter when covering call assignments, especially outside of highly subspecialized academic medical centers. This book is intended to fill a need to provide subspecialized trauma CT training by integrating contributions from all involved radiology subspecialties in a single volume.

This is an ideal guide for radiology residents, fellows, practicing radiologists, trauma surgeons, emergency medicine specialists, surgery residents and fellows, and interested medical students.

Friedrich Knollmann, MD, PhD is currently Chairman of the Department of Medical Imaging at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA and Professor of Clinical Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

He attended Medical School at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, followed by residencies in Diagnostic Radiology at the Virchow Klinikum of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Cardiothoracic Surgery at the German Heart Center in Berlin, Germany, and Fellowship in Body Imaging at the Charite of Berlin, Germany.