Thoracic imaging / SJ Copley, MD, FRCP, FRCR, Consultant Radiologist and Reader in Thoracic Imaging, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK, JP Kanne, MD, FRCP, CRCR, Professor of Thoracic Imaging, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. DM Hansell, MD, Chief of Thoracic Imaging, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

-- Prefacex Radiation Dose Optimization and Thoracic Computed Tomography PET/CT in the Thorax: Pitfalls Lung Cancer Screening with Low-Dose Computed Tomography Nodule Characterization: Subsolid Nodules The Clinical Staging of Lung Cancer Through Imaging: A Radiologist’s Guide to the Revised Staging System and Rationale for the Changes Imaging the Post-Thoracotomy Patient: Anatomic Changes and Postoperative Complications The Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: An Update and Review Thoracic Infections in Immunocompromised Patients Multidetector Computed Tomographic Imaging in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Emphysema and Airways Assessment Congenital Lung Anomalies in Children and Adults: Current Concepts and Imaging Findings New Insights in Thromboembolic Disease Thoracic Aorta (Multidetector Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Evaluation)

"Containing 100 challenging clinical cases and illustrated with high-quality images, this book covers a wide range of conditions from common afflictions such as tuberculosis, pulmonary masses, and mediastinal masses, to the more challenging cases such as cystic fibrosis, asbestosis, sarcoidosis, and alveolar cell carcinoma. The book remains an invaluable text for radiologists and imaging professionals in practice and in training, from hospital-based doctors preparing for higher examinations to established physicians looking to continue their professional development"--