Medical imaging

The nonsurgical management of gallstone disease has drawn widespread clinical interest during the last decade as ultrasound surveys have indicated that cholelithiasis is predom- inantly an asymptomatic condition and much more prevalent than previously thought.

C-arm-guided spinal injections have been performed widely for diagnostic and management of spine and para-spinal related pain disorders.

Radiobiology Self-Assessment Guide--a companion to the Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide and Physics in Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide--is a comprehensive review for practitioners of radiation oncology looking to enhance their knowledge of radiobiology.

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Endocrine Imaging and is edited by Dr.

This book provides a review of imaging techniques and applications in stem cell transplantation and other cell-based therapies.

This book highlights the increase in thyroid tumors and NET and demonstrates the growing importance of circulating markers in diagnosis as well as treatment and follow-up.

The larvae of Anisakis, whose adult form lives on sea mammals such as whales, seals, and dolphins, are parasitic upon many species of salt-water fish.

Covers the basics of medical imaging together with state-of-the-art concepts and theory, relevant clinical applications, and future prospects.

This book represents a condensed version of the 20 topics dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in musculoskeletal diseases.

Imaging the Addicted Brain, the latest volume in the International Review of Neurobiology series will appeal to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

This second edition of a successful book provides updated clinical and research knowledge, including information on the licensing of new antiepileptic drugs.

The mediastinum is a hollow space within the thoracic cavity that may give rise to a wide spectrum of tumoral conditions from the benign to the intermediate to the highly malignant neoplasms.

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Spinal cord stimulators (SCS) are implantable medical devices used to treat chronic pain of neurologic origin, such as sciatica, intractable back pain, and diabetic.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Multimodal Brain Image Analysis, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2012, in Nice, France, in October 2012.

This atlas is designed as an easy-to-use reference guide that identifies and illustrates the key patterns of diffuse lung diseases observed on high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and then documents in more detail the characteristics and appearances of the individual diseases, grouped on the basis of their prevalent pattern.

An image-rich text on neuroimaging of trauma patientsImaging of Traumatic Brain Injury is a radiological reference that covers all aspects of neurotrauma imaging and provides a clinical overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI).

This atlas offers a truly comprehensive update on the use of imaging technologies for the diagnosis and follow-up of glaucoma.

High Efficiency Video Coding and Other Emerging Standards provides an overview of high efficiency video coding (HEVC) and all its extensions and profiles.

This thoroughly revised textbook provides a practically applicable guide to three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE).

The focus of the new Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) Part 1 exam has shifted to examining the fundamental physics, and radiation protection required to work safely within a radiology department.

For decades clinical electrophysiology has been considered a discipline for adepts, able to interpret not so obvious intracardiac signals.

A complete introductory text to musculoskeletal imagingBasic Musculoskeletal Imaging is an engagingly written, comprehensive textbook that addresses the fundamental principles and techniques of general diagnostic and advanced musculoskeletal imaging.

This book examines in detail the diagnostic impact of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the evaluation of urinary tract pathology, paying particular attention to the diagnostic gain that may be expected in relation to other imaging techniques such as CT and MRI.

Divided into two parts, this book discusses various aspects of bone SPECT/CT of ankle and foot.

This up-to-date and comprehensive book on imaging of the foot and ankle provides a detailed description of the techniques and imaging findings relevant to this small region of complex anatomy.

It is essential that any practitioner working in an imaging department and using ionizing radiation has a sound knowledge base.

Want to incorporate medical infrared imaging into your practice but can't find a book that explains how to do it?

Nuclear medicine plays a crucial role in patient care, and this book is an essential guide for all practitioners to the many techniques that inform clinical management.

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, held in New York City, NY, USA in May 2011.

This is one of the first books to deal specifically with imaging of the entire spectrum of hematological malignancies.

Highly illustrated clinical review of diagnosis, staging and treatment of gastric cancer by expert multidisciplinary author team for wide readership.

In the United States in 1997, 28800 new cases of malignant tumors of the kidney and renal pelvis were diagnosed along with 2100 new cases of malignant tumors of the ureter and other urinary organs, 7200 primary malignant tumors of the testis, and 1300 primary malignant tumors of the penis and other genital organs.

Hyperthermia in oncology is the application of heat to a patient's body for the purpose of cancer treatment.

With the advances in image guided surgery for cancer treatment, the role of image segmentation and registration has become very critical.

This book is designed to assist practitioners in managing patients who present with difficult cases of the most common hematological malignancies.

This book provides a detailed overview on the use of global optimization and parallel computing in microwave tomography techniques.

In over 150 cases featuring 600, high-quality images, Emergency Radiology Cases provides a succinct review of problems encountered by Radiologists when on call for the emergency room.

Upon publication of the First Edition, Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy has emerged as the standard text reference in nuclear medicine.

Clinical PET and PET/CT, 2nd Edition presents a valuable overview of the basic principles and clinical applications of PET and PET/CT.

The first comprehensive review of the use of optical coherence tomography in neurological diseases for neurologists, neuro-ophthalmologists, and neuroradiologists.

In 194 cases featuring over 550, high-quality images, Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Cases provides a succinct review of clinically relevant cases covering the full range of nuclear medicine.

Renowned as the essential reference for all venous specialists, phlebologists, vascular surgeons, and vascular medicine physicians, the fifth edition of the Handbook of Venous and Lymphatic Disorders: Guidelines of the American Venous Forum covers the investigation, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of venous and lymphatic disorders.

The cerebello-pontine angle has always posed a challenge to the neurosurgeon, the otoneurosurgeon, and the neuroradiologist.

This compendium of cardiac CT angiographic cases is a sampling of the breadth of real-world cases encountered in a busy practice with examples of pathology and normal variants.

Emerging Electromagnetic Medicine presents the latest research findings in the field of electromagnetic radiation.

While patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) are now living longer with improved quality of life, the success of novel therapies for mRCC has created challenges for practicing oncologists.