Published January, 2010
By Fernando Bello and Stephane Cotin
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biomedical Simulation, ISBMS 2010, held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, in January 2010. This title includes manuscripts which are organized in four thematic sections covering some of the key aspects of biomedical simulation.

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Published January, 2010
By Riccardo A. Audisio, Malcolm Reed and Malcolm W. Reed
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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"Physicians," said Voltaire, "pour drugs they know little for diseases they know even less into patients they know no- ing about." Medicine has made tremendous progress since the eighteenth century. Fortunately, geriatric oncologists have been stepping up to the task and have gen- ated data to help us to treat such patients.

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Published January, 2010
By Rakesh Kumar, Sandip Basu and Abass Alavi
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Offers a comprehensive review to the topic of Breast Cancer. This issue focuses on the use of PET and PET/CT in the diagnosis, staging, treatment planning, and follow-up for patients with breast cancer. It also includes articles that provide correlates from other imaging modalities.

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Published January, 2010
By Andrew Lees and Tarek Yousry
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Features articles that include: Anatomy of Basal Ganglia; Classification of Movement disorders; MR techniques in the diagnosis of Parkinsonian syndromes; PET/SPECT in the diagnosis of Parkinsonian syndromes; The role of imaging in the diagnosis of Vascular PD; and, Role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of secondary dystonia.

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Published January, 2010
By Sanjeev Bhalla
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Radiology
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Reviews the advances in the use of multidetector CT for imaging of the chest. This book includes articles on 'Thoracic CT (How far we have come)', 'MDCT (Principles and Practice)', and 'Contrast Enhancement'. It covers topics such as 'Dual Energy Chest CT' and 'Volumetric HRCT'.

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Published January, 2010
By Roger Bourne
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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In general, image processing texts are intended for students of engineering and computer science, and there is little written at all on the specific requirements of medical image processing.

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Published January, 2010
By Robert A. Morgan and Eric Walser
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
Series: Techniques in Interventional Radiology
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Choosing the right materials for the right job and building a level of con dence with these materials is a very important part of any IR fellowship.

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Published January, 2010
By Kshitij Mankad, Alan Chalmers and Saeed Mirsadraee
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd)
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Acute CT: A Primer of Emergency Imaging is a precise, up to date and essential pocket companion for junior radiologists who have to deal with the demands of on-call practice.

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Published January, 2010
By Frank E. Rademakers, Jeroen J. Bax, Juhani Knuuti and J.L. Zamorano
Publisher: Springer (Springer London Ltd)
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This comprehensive review of cardiovascular imaging is takes a diseased-based approach. A supplemental electronic version enhances reader experience by enabling keyword searching through the text, hyperlinked references, and image downloads.

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Published January, 2010
By Gengsheng Lawrence Zeng
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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This text introduces classical and modern image reconstruction technologies. It presents both analytical and iterative methods of these technologies and their applications in X-ray CT, SPECT, PET and MRI.

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