Thoracic Imaging [Undefined]

Packed with over 600 high quality illustrations, this practical handbook covers both the key principles of thoracic imaging, including the relevant principles, dose considerations, and radiological signs and their meaning, and the different pulmonary diseases.Imaging tests are integral to the management of patients with suspected lung disease. Staggering advances in radiological technology have been associated with an ever-increasing complexity, and so keeping up with terminology, understanding the significance of basic radiological signs, and appreciating the prognostic impact of findings on imaging tests, is not an easy undertaking for the physician. Until now, there has been a lack of practical, pocket-sized, but authoritative texts dealing principally with the imaging features of pulmonary disease.Covering the essential elements of pulmonary imaging in a concise and digestible format,Pulmonary Imagingdeals with both the key principles of thoracic imaging, including a separate section on the common radiological terms used to describe pulmonary pathology, and the principal pathological compartments that are affected in specific disease processes. It is packed with over 600 high quality illustrations to highlight the important radiological features in the different diseases, with an emphasis on chest radiography (CXR) and computed tomography (CT) to mirror routine clinical practice.Key principles of thoracic imaging1. Principles of imaging tests2. Key radiological anatomy3. Common terms used in radiological reportsPulmonary diseases4. Air space diseases5. Airways diseases6. Interstitial lung diseases7. Pulmonary vascular disease8. Congenital lung anomalies9. Pulmonary tumours10. Pleural diseases11. Mediastinal disorders12. Thoracic traumaCovering the essential elements of pulmonary imaging in a concise and digestible format,Pulmonary Imagingdeals with both the key principles of thoracic imaging, including a separal3+