Pediatric Chest Imaging Chest Imaging in Infants and Children /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lucaya, Javier (Editor), Strife, Janet L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Edition: 2nd Revised Edition.
• Series: Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Internal Medicine.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

Imaging of the pediatric chest continues to evolve rapidly. All chapters in this 2nd edition of Pediatric Chest Imaging have been extensively updated, with additional disease-specific information and numerous new illustrations. The book thus presents the state of the art in the diagnosis of pediatri...

Table of Contents:

• Chest Ultrasound (US)
• The Contribution of Nuclear Medicine to Pulmonary Imaging
• Helical Multidetector Chest CT
• High-Resolution CT of the Lung in Children
• Pulmonary Malformations Beyond the Neonatal Period
• CT of Acute Pulmonary Disease: Infection, Infarction, and Trauma
• Pediatric Tuberculosis
• How to Perform and Interpret MR Sleep Studies for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children
• Foreign Body Aspiration: Imaging Aspects
• Imaging Evaluation of the Thymus and Thymic Disorders in Children
• Lymphoma — Controversies in Imaging the Chest
• Chest Tumours Other than Lymphoma
• Thoracic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
• Radiology of the Chest Wall
• Pediatric Cardiac MRI
• Pediatric Cardiac CT
• Fetal MRI of the Chest
• Neonatal Chest Imaging.