Diagnostic Imaging for Thoracic Surgery A Manual for Surgeons and Radiologists /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Anzidei, Michele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Anile, Marco (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Radiology.; Thoracic surgery.; Surgery.; Oncology .; Diagnostic Radiology.; Thoracic Surgery.; General Surgery.; Oncology.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of thoracic pathologies of surgical interest involving the lung, mediastinum, esophagus, and chest wall with the aim of providing both radiologists and thoracic surgeons with a reference of high value in everyday clinical practice. Oncologic and non-oncologi...

Table of Contents:

• Pre-operative and post-operative chest X-Ray
• Indications to The Use of Computed Tomography in Thoracic Pathologies
• PET Hybrid Imaging of the Thorax
• Chest MRI
• Interventional radiology procedures
• Normal radiologic anatomy and anatomical variants of the chest relevant to thoracic surgery
• Identification and characterization of lung nodules
• Staging of non-small-cell lung cancer
• Staging of Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Staging of Mesothelioma
• Imaging of non-neoplastic lung diseases requiring a surgical management
• Lung and Airways surgical procedures
• Imaging and staging of thymic tumors
• Imaging of Nonthymic Anterior Mediastinal Masses
• Imaging of non-neoplastic mediastinal pathologies
• Imaging and staging of esophageal tumors
• Imaging of non-neoplastic esophageal pathologies
• Imaging of chest wall tumors
• Imaging of non-neoplastic chest wall pathologies
• Imaging of post-surgical complications in the lung and mediastinum. .