Thoracic Imaging Basic to Advanced /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Chawla, Ashish (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Radiology.; Imaging / Radiology.

This book covers the imaging of thoracic structures with a focus on evaluation of the lungs. Pulmonary conditions are the most common global cause of mortality and morbidity, with lung cancer and tuberculosis being prevalent diseases in the developed and developing world, respectively. In the last f...

Table of Contents:

• Lung anatomy
• Signs in chest radiology
• Patterns of lung opacities
• Imaging in asthma, COPD, eosinophilic pneumonia
• Imaging of small airways disease and large airways disease
• Imaging of diffuse nodular lung disease
• Imaging of cystic lung disease
• Imaging of pulmonary infection and tuberculosis
• Imaging of lung nodules and masses
• Imaging of lung cancer
• Imaging of interstitial lung disease
• Imaging of pulmonary artery and aorta
• Imaging of mediastinum
• Imaging of pleura and chest wall
• Imaging of esophagus.