Full Description
This text is an updated and revised edition which provides comprehensive coverage of the field of organ imaging. Intended for those in postgraduate radiology training, particularly the radiological resident or registrar preparing for the professional examinations of the American Boards, The Royal College of Radiologists or other examining bodies, it is also designed for the working bench in the reporting (reading) room and should serve as a reference text for the consultant radiologist. Used increasingly as a basis for exam questions, this text covers the subject of organ imaging up to and beyond the FRCR and American boards and provides increased integration and coverage of the newer modalities, particularly MRI. The text contains a new section on multi-system disorders such as oncology and opportunistic infections including AIDS and HIV infection. It is illustrated with radiographs and images which include many new CT, MRI and ultrasound scans. MRI is dealt with in detail and there are new separate chapters on its application in the musculo-skeletal system, the female pelvis and the heart, as well as a redrafted chapter on the principles of the technique.
MRI is also integrated with other imaging modalities, especially in the CNS chapters which have been largely rewritten and in a new chapter comparing its value in the abdomen with computed tomography and ultrasound.
Contents
VOLUME I Section One: Imaging Techniques and Modalities. Department Organisation: Digital Imaging and PACS. Intravascular Contrast Media. Whole Body Computed Tomography: Recent Developments. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Basic Principles. Ultrasound: General Principles. Radionuclide Imaging. Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA). Functional and Physiological Imaging. Medico-Legal Issues in Diagnostic Radiology. Radiation Protection and Patient Doses in Diagnostic Radiology. Section Two: The Respiratory System. Techniques. The Normal Chest. Interpreting the Chest Radiograph. The Chest Wall, Pleura and Diaphragm. The Mediastinum. Pulmonary Infection in Adults. Large Airway Obstruction. Pulmonary Lobar Collapse: Essential Considerations. Chronic Inflow Obstruction. Pulmonary Neoplasms. Diffuse Pulmonary Disease. Industrial Lung Disease. Pulmonary Thromboembolism. Chest Trauma. The Postoperative and Critically Ill Patient. Chest Radiography after Lung Transplantation. Congenital Pulmonary Anomalies. The Infant and Young Child. Interventional Techniques in the Thorax. Section Three: The Heart and Great Vessels. Cardiac Anatomy and Enlargement. Echocardiography Including Doppler. Nuclear Cardiology. Digital Imaging of the Cardiovascular System. Magnetic Resonance of the Heart and Circulation. Congenital Heart Disease. Acquired Valvular Heart Disease. Ischaemic Heart Disease. Pulmonary Circulation. Cardiomyopathies, Cardiac Tumours, Trauma. Cardiac Pacemakers. The Imaging of Prosthetic Cardiac Valves. The Pericardium. The Thoracic Aorta. Interventional Procedures in Heart Disease. VOLUME II Section Four: The Gastrointestinal Tract. Interventional Procedures in Heart Disease. The Oesophagus. The Stomach. The Duodenum. The Small Intestine. The Large Bowel. Radionuclide Studies in the Gastrointestinal Tract. Imaging of the Mesentery and Omentum. The Radiological Manifestation of AIDS. Gastrointestinal Angiography. The Newborn and Young Infant. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. Section Five: The
