Main description:

This fully revised and expanded third edition covers all aspects of modern thoracic radiology, and includes important new sections on computer tomographic signs, interventional radiology of the thorax and the latest developments in cardiac CT and MRI diagnostics, as well as a new chapter on high resolution/thin section CT patterns. The section on diffuse lung disease has been expanded and many new CT illustrations have been added. The book contains comprehensive information on the role of new technologies, including MDCT, in the evaluation of thoracic disease, the role of PET/PET-CT in the thorax, and the expanding roles of MDCT and MRI in evaluation of the heart.

Contents:

1 Examination Technique and Normal Findings

2 Malformations

3 Infection and Inflammatory Disorders

4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diseases of the Airways

5 Inhalational Lung Diseases and Pneumoconioses

6 Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of the Lung

7 Pulmonary Hypertension and Edema

8 Thoracic Trauma

9 Diseases of the Pleura, Diaphragm, and Chest Wall

10 Radiology of Cardiac Disease

11 Diseases of the Mediastinum

12 High-Resolution/Thin-Section CT Patterns in Pulmonary Disease

13 Radiographic Signs and Differential Diagnosis

14 Thoracic Intervention