Computed Tomography of the Lung A Pattern Approach /

• Main Authors: Verschakelen, Johny A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), De Wever, Walter (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Series: Diagnostic Imaging
• Subjects: Radiology.; Respiratory organs-Diseases.; Critical care medicine.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Computed Tomography of the Lung: A Pattern Approach aims to enable the reader to recognize and understand the CT signs of lung diseases and diseases with pulmonary involvement as a sound basis for diagnosis. After an introductory chapter, basic anatomy and its relevance to the interpretation of CT a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Anatomy and CT of the Normal Lung
• How to Approach a CT of the Lung
• Increased Lung Attenuation
• Decreased Lung Attenuation
• Nodular Pattern
• Linear Pattern
• Case Study.