1st ed. 2019 Edition
by Ashish Chawla (Editor)
This book covers the imaging of thoracic structures with a focus on
evaluation of the lungs. Pulmonary conditions are the most common global
cause of mortality and morbidity, with lung cancer and tuberculosis
being prevalent diseases in the developed and developing world,
respectively. In the last few years there have been rapid changes in the
imaging interpretation of lung diseases, particularly imaging of
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. However, updated literature is not
available yet. Filling this gap, the book provides radiologists with
up-to-date, handy information on reading chest scans.
This book
uses standard terms and lexicons to describe the imaging findings. It
consists of 14 chapters, and includes more than 1200 illustrations
covering both commonly and rarely encountered conditions. The first
chapter discusses imaging patterns and signs in thoracic imaging, while
the chapter on interstitial lung diseases describes the hallmarks that
are useful in the diagnostic pathway of these diseases. This chapter
also incorporates the latest diagnostic categories of UIP based on CT
patterns, and provides pictorial examples. Written by experts in the
field, the book highlights imaging features and relevant clinical
findings that may help in reaching diagnosis, and wherever possible, it
presents the imaging features in tables for ease of memorizing.
