Chest radiology, the essentials (2nd Ed)

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Revised to reflect the current cardiothoracic radiology curriculum for diagnostic radiology residency, this concise text provides the essential knowledge needed to interpret chest radiographs and CT scans. This edition includes nearly 800 new images obtained with state-of-the-art technology and a new chapter on cardiac imaging.

A new patterns of lung disease section provides a one-stop guide to recognizing and understanding findings seen on thin-section CT. This edition also includes the new classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, current techniques for evaluating solitary pulmonary nodules, an algorithm for managing incidental nodules seen on chest CT, the new World Health Organization classification of lung tumors, and numerous new cases in the self-assessment chapter.

Chapter 1 Normal Anatomy of the Chest

Chapter 2 Signs and Patterns of Lung Disease

Chapter 3 Interstitial Lung Disease

Chapter 4 Alveolar Lung Disease

Chapter 5 Monitoring and Support Devices: "Tubes and Lines"

Chapter 6 Mediastinal Masses

Chapter 7 Solitary and Multiple Pulmonary Nodules

Chapter 8 Chest Trauma

Chapter 9 Pleura, Chest Wall and Diaphragm

Chapter 10 Upper Lung Disease, Infection and Immunity

Chapter 11 Atelectasis

Chapter 12 Peripheral Lung Disease

Chapter 13 Airways

Chapter 14 Unilateral Hyperlucent Hemithorax

Chapter 15 Neoplasms of the Lung

Chapter 16 Congenital Lung Disease

Chapter 17 Pulmonary Vasculature Disease

Chapter 18 Congenital and Acquired Cardiac Disease

Chapter 19 Thoracic Aorta

Chapter 20 Self-Assessment

Index

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Academic Radiology, 01-APR-08, Volume 15, Issue 4, Andrew Del Gaizo, MD, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA --

''In response to the significant advances in thoracic imaging over the past decade, authors Jannette Collins and Eric J. Stern have undertaken the task of updating their extremely successful first edition (published in 1999) with current images and information. The new edition includes nearly 800 images of superb quality, many of which replace images of older technology. Several chapters have been expanded to encompass up-to-date information, including the 2004 World Health Organization classification of lung tumors and the most recent classification of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. Several new chapters have been introduced, including a dedica