Thoracic Imaging: Basic to Advanced

ISBN-13: 9789811325434 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 455 str.

Chawla, Ashish

Opis

This book covers the imaging of thoracic structures with focus on evaluation of lungs. Pulmonary conditions are the most common cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide with lung cancer and tuberculosis being the leading diseases in the developed and developing world, respectively. In the last few years there have been rapid changes in the imaging interpretation of lung diseases particularly imaging of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, updated literature is not available yet. This book bridges this gap and provides updated and handy information to the radiologists while reading chest scans.This book uses standard terms and lexicons to describe the imaging findings. There are 14 chapters in this book with the first chapter focused on imaging patterns and signs in thoracic imaging. There are more than 1200 illustrations covering both the commonly and rarely encountered conditions. The chapter on interstitial lung diseases includes the description of the hallmarks that would be useful in the diagnostic pathway of these diseases. This chapter incorporates the latest diagnostic categories of UIP based on CT patterns with pictorial examples. The book is edited to give more stress on imaging features and relevant clinical findings that may help in reaching the diagnosis. Wherever possible, the imaging features are described in tables for ease of memorizing. The authors have a special interest in chest imaging and each one of them has contributed their best for this book.

Spis treści

Lung anatomy.- Signs in chest radiology.- Patterns of lung opacities.- Imaging in asthma, COPD, eosinophilic pneumonia.- Imaging of small airways disease and large airways disease.- Imaging of diffuse nodular lung disease.- Imaging of cystic lung disease.- Imaging of pulmonary infection and tuberculosis.- Imaging of lung nodules and masses.- Imaging of lung cancer.- Imaging of interstitial lung disease.- Imaging of pulmonary artery and aorta.- Imaging of mediastinum.- Imaging of pleura and chest wall.- Imaging of esophagus.

O autorze

Dr. Ashish Chawla is an American Board of Radiology certified radiologist. He completed his 2-year fellowship in cardiothoracic radiology at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine and the National Jewish Health.  He is Head of the Cardiopulmonary Imaging section, Senior Consultant and Research Lead at the Department of Diagnostic Radiology in Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore. He is also an adviser to the CT Imaging section. His research interests include imaging of the chest in the emergency department and diffuse lung diseases. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, presented numerous posters and delivered lectures at international conferences. He is actively involved in radiology education and regularly organizes thoracic radiology educational courses.

Blurb

This book covers the imaging of thoracic structures with a focus on evaluation of the lungs. Pulmonary conditions are the most common global cause of mortality and morbidity, with lung cancer and tuberculosis being prevalent diseases in the developed and developing world, respectively. In the last few years there have been rapid changes in the imaging interpretation of lung diseases, particularly imaging of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, updated literature is not available yet. Filling this gap, the book provides radiologists with up-to-date, handy information on reading chest scans. 

This book uses standard terms and lexicons to describe the imaging findings. It consists of 14 chapters, and includes more than 1200 illustrations covering both commonly and rarely encountered conditions. The first chapter discusses imaging patterns and signs in thoracic imaging, while the chapter on interstitial lung diseases describes the hallmarks that are useful in the diagnostic pathway of these diseases. This chapter also incorporates the latest diagnostic categories of UIP based on CT patterns, and provides pictorial examples. Written by experts in the field, the book highlights imaging features and relevant clinical findings that may help in reaching diagnosis, and wherever possible, it presents the imaging features in tables for ease of memorizing.