| CT of the Airways 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Boiselle, Phillip M. (Editor), Lynch, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1588298485 ISBN-13: 9781588298485 Publisher: Humana OUR PRICE: $208.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: This book begins with four introductory chapters devoted to airway physiology, anatomy, and anatomical and functional CT imaging methods. These chapters are followed by four chapters devoted to large airways disorders in adults, including airway stenoses, neoplasms, malacia and bronchiectasis. The next section is comprised of 5 chapters devoted to small airways disorders in adults, including asthma, infectious and non-infectious small airways disorders, obliterative bronchiolitis, and smoking-related airway diseases. The final two chapters are devoted to pediatric large and small airway disorders. This textbook is a collaborative project that has greatly benefited from the contributions of many expert authors from around the globe. The intended audience for this book is primarily radiologists and pulmonologists, but the content will likely also be of interest to thoracic surgeons, pulmonary pathologists, and other physicians who are involved in the care of patients with airway diseases. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Diagnostic Imaging - General - Medical | Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine - Medical | Radiology, Radiotherapy & Nuclear Medicine |
| Dewey: 616.200 |
| LCCN: 2007939567 |
| Series: Contemporary Medical Imaging |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7.04" W x 10.18" (2.62 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Imaging of the airways is a fascinating undertaking and, if done expertly, a true art in medicine. Over the past years, imaging of the airways has become ever more exciting and demanding, as new therapies in pulmonary medicine have become available that require careful imaging assessment of patients to aid management and monitor therapeutic success. The increasing importance of imaging in pulmonary medicine is accompanied by a surge of revolutionary developments in imaging technology that enable ever finer assessment of lung structure and function. No modality has seen more rapid innovation over the last decade than computed tomography. Current multidetector-row CT technology makes high-resolution imaging of the chest with a spatial resolution of a couple of 100 m in a matter of mere seconds. Ever more sophisticated post-processing applications enable intuitive, quantitative assessment of lung structure and function in an efficient manner, so that these technologies are increasingly embraced in mainstream medicine to improve patient care. CT of the Airways, which was so expertly assembled by my dear friends Phil Boiselle and David Lynch, is one of the very first tomes that pays tribute to our new found prowess in airway imaging. |