Screening and Preventive Diagnosis with Radiological Imaging

Continuous technical developments have improved the potential of organ-based radiological diagnostics and have now also led to the use of dedicated whole-body examinations in the field of screening and preventive diagnosis. This book aims to provide clinicians with a broad understanding of screening...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Reiser, Maximilian F. (Editor), Kaick, Gerhard van (Editor), Fink, Christian (Editor), Schoenberg, Stefan O. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
Series:Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Continuous technical developments have improved the potential of organ-based radiological diagnostics and have now also led to the use of dedicated whole-body examinations in the field of screening and preventive diagnosis. This book aims to provide clinicians with a broad understanding of screening and preventive diagnosis using radiological imaging. The first part of the book is dedicated to the fundamentals of screening and preventive diagnosis, and comprises chapters on epidemiology and pathology, technical and organizational aspects of radiological screening, legal and ethical issues, and cost-benefit analysis. The second part of the book discusses in depth the most important practical examples of radiological screening and surveillance, both for unselected populations and for individual risk groups.
Physical Description:XIII, 363 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783540498315
ISSN:0942-5373