9781639270798
Tyler Collins
American Medical Publishers
English
2021
Diagnostic Imaging
240
$ 160.99
Angiography is an imaging test that uses X-rays to check blood vessels. It is used to check the health of the blood vessels and the flow of blood in them. Blood vessels do not reflect clearly on a normal X-ray, so a special dye needs to be injected into the blood in order to highlight the vessels. The X-ray images generated during angiography are called angiograms. They help in detecting or investigating several problems affecting blood vessels such as atherosclerosis, peripheral arterial disease, brain aneurysm, angina, blood clots or a pulmonary embolism, and a blockage in the blood supply to the kidneys. There are several types of angiography such as coronary angiography, cerebral angiography, pulmonary angiography, renal angiography, CT or MRI angiography, and fluorescein angiography. This book elucidates new techniques and their applications in a multidisciplinary manner. The various studies that are constantly contributing towards advancing technologies and the evolution of this field are examined in detail. Scientists and students actively engaged in the study of angiography will find this book full of crucial and unexplored concepts.