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Pulmonary and cardiac imaging

edited by Caroline Chiles, Charles E. Putman

(Lung biology in health and disease, v. 103)

Marcel Dekker, c1997

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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Description

Integrates clinical research areas in pulmonary and cardiac medicine with current imaging modalities, from conventional radiography, radionuclide imaging, computed tomography, ultrasonography and angiography to magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. The book facilitates early disease detection and appropriate therapy. It also offers treatment of topics such as bronchogenic carcinoma, thoracic trauma, lung transplantation, pulmonary hemorrhage, structural evaluation of emphysema, and pulmonary embolism.

Table of Contents

  • Pulmonary imaging
  • thoracic imaging - 1896-present
  • pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised host (non-AIDS)
  • pulmonary disease in the immunocompromised host (AIDS)
  • diagnostic imaging of bronchogenic carcinoma
  • metastatic disease to the chest from extrathoracic primary malignancy
  • radiology of chest trauma
  • radiology of thoracic surgical complications
  • high-resolution computed tomography of chronic infiltrative pulmonary hemorrhage
  • diseases of the airways
  • emphysema
  • radiologic assessment after lung transplantation
  • imaging of the pleura
  • thoracic interventional procedures
  • digital imaging of the chest
  • imaging of the pulmonary circulation.

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