Thoracic imaging / Sujal R. Desai ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Desai, Sujal R.

Series:

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Radiology

Oxford specialist handbooks in radiology

Oxford medical publications

Oxford Specialist Handbooks in Radiology Ser.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chest--Radiography.

Chest.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 textsdealing principally with the imaging features of pulmonary disease. Covering the essential elements of pulmonary im

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Symbols and abbreviations; 1 Principles of imaging tests; 2 Key radiological anatomy; 3 Common terms used in thoracic radiology reports; 4 Air space diseases; 5 Airways diseases; 6 Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases; 7 Vascular diseases; 8 Congenital abnormalities; 9 Lung tumours; 10 Pleural diseases; 11 Mediastinal diseases; Recommendations for further reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-172624-9

1-283-70594-X

0-19-162163-3

OCLC:

818851796