This comprehensive book provides a detailed description of imaging techniques and findings in the detection, characterization, local staging and post-treatment tumors of the osseous spine. In the first part of the book, the epidemiology, classification, pathology, genetics and molecular biology are discussed. The second part gives an overview of the basic semiology, imaging modalities including CT, MRI, PET and PET-CT, and staging. The third part of the book discusses the imaging of primary bone tumors of the spine and its mimics. In the fourth part, the treatment of tumors and tumor-like...

This volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review of imaging of the hip. In the first part of the book, the various techniques employed when imaging the hip are discussed in detail. Individual chapters are devoted to radiography, computed tomography, ultrasound and MRI. The second part then documents the application of these techniques to the diverse application and diseases encountered in the hip. Among the many topics addressed are congenital and developmental abnormalities, trauma, metabolic bone disease, infection, arthritis and tumours.  Each chapter is written by an...

Musculoskeletal infections are a diagnostic challenge due to their frequently non-specific clinical presentations. Imaging has a key role in the evaluation of various infections affecting the extremities, in aiding timely and appropriate patient management, and reducing the risk of patient morbidity. This book begins by giving an overview and classification of infections that affect the appendicular skeleton, joints and soft tissues. The pathophysiology and histopathology of these infections, and the...

This book presents one of the most extensive MRI image collections of wrist pathology, including common, less frequent, unusual and combined pathology to enhance the common knowledge of radiologists and wrist surgeons to an expert level. Additionally, the comprehensive overview allows the reader to compare MRI exams in the clinic to the provided extensive database and helps with diagnostic and clinical solutions. The currently available basic theoretical information can already be found in many other publications, and will be limited to the essentials that are needed to explain and/or...