Main description:

Chest sonography is an established procedure in the stepwise imaging diagnosis of pulmonary and pleural disease. It is the method of choice to distinguish between solid and liquid lesions and allows the investigator to make an unequivocal diagnosis without exposing the patient to costly and stressful procedures. This book presents the state of the art in chest investigation by means of ultrasonography. A number of excellent illustrations and the compact text provide concise and easy-to-assimilate information about the diagnostic procedure.

Contents:

Indications, technical prerequisites, and investigation procedure.- The chest wall: - The pleura.- Peripheral lung consolidation.- Mediastinum.- Endobronchial Ultrasound: - Image artifacts and pitfalls.- Interventional chest sonography.- The white hemithorax.- Stepwise diagnostic imaging procedures in pneumology.