Medical imaging

This volume provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of the field of cell therapy.

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art knowledge of breast cancer management for the modern breast surgeon.

This book presents new information on radiobiology that more clearly refutes the linear no-threshold (LNT) assumption and supports radiation hormesis.

This evidence-based, state of the art guide to the management of urological malignancies, including bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer, is designed to serve as an easy-to-consult reference that will assist in daily decision making and the delivery of optimal care for individual patients within a multidisciplinary setting.

This book is a fully updated and revised second edition of a highly successful text in which a new concept of knowledge mining, based on explication and transfer of interventional knowledge of experts, has been implemented.

This revised and expanded second edition discusses the assessment and treatment of patients recovering from coma and disorders of consciousness.

This book provides clear guidance on how to manage a wide range of side effects frequently encountered when treating patients with radiation therapy.

The second edition of this well-received volume has been revised and updated to reflect the  advances in pathological classification and molecular epidemiology of diffuse low-grade gliomas (DLGG) in adults and offers an updated review on individualized therapies.

This book reviews the principles and applications of radiotherapy in the management of pediatric brain tumors to allow the reader to gain a full appreciation of the major aspects involved in caring for these patients.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the clinical use of irreversible electroporation (IRE) - better known by its commercial name, NanoKnife - which is one of the most exciting new needle-guided cancer treatments.

The management of liver tumors is a nexus of interactions among multiple medical specialties, including radiation oncology.

This pocket book offers a succinct but comprehensive overview of the role of PET/CT in radiotherapy planning.

The present book is an illustrated guide on fetal medicine, including a wealth of normal and pathological/malformations ultrasound images, throughout the whole pregnancy.

This book is the first comprehensive work summarizing the advances that have been made in the neurosurgical use of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) over the past ten years.

The new edition of this book updates an established text written for trainees and practicing endovascular therapists.

This books brings together multi-disciplinary expertise to provide comprehensive information about molecular imaging of infectious diseases.

This volume comprises the latest developments in both fundamental science and patient-specific applications, discussing topics such as: cellular mechanics; injury biomechanics; biomechanics of heart and vascular system; medical image analysis; and both patient-specific fluid dynamics and solid mechanics simulations.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Computer Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2016, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2016, in Athens, Greece, in October 2016.

This atlas presents outstanding three-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic images of structural heart diseases, including congenital and valvular diseases and cardiac masses and tumors.

This book focuses on with musculoskeletal imaging: during the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by clinical as well as technological developments.

This book provides detailed information on functional anatomy, physical examination, and clinical radiology of the shoulder with a view to enabling the clinician to identify the most suitable treatment approach to different shoulder joint pathologies.

The aim of this text is to provide the framework for building a clinical trial as it pertains to operative and non operative invasive procedures, how to get it funded and how to conduct such a trial up to publication of results The text provides all details of building a scientifically and ethically valid proposal, including how to build the infrastructure for a clinical trial and how to move it forward through various funding agencies.

This book provides easily accessible technique specific information on interventional radiology (IR) procedures at a basic level for medical students and junior doctors.

The new edition of this book provides a comprehensive review of the basic tests available in gastroenterology.

This book addresses the most important postnatal features of Zika virus infection, providing important information on its epidemiology, pathology, clinical aspects, imaging and laboratory diagnosis.

This book provides an overview of the use of rapid prototyping in patients with cardiac pathology.

This superbly illustrated book offers comprehensive and systematic coverage of the pitfalls that may arise during musculoskeletal imaging, whether as a consequence of the imaging technique itself or due to anatomical variants or particular aspects of disease.

Setting out from the premise that "e;a picture is worth more than a thousand words"e;, this book presents a superb set of illustrations, with accompanying clinical data, relating to a series of cases from a single surgeon registry.

This book demonstrates how advanced medical imaging techniques can be successfully applied to dental and maxillofacial conditions.

This book concisely reviews important advances in radiation oncology, providing practicing radiation oncologists with a fundamental understanding of each topic and an appreciation of its significance for the future of radiation oncology.

This book focuses on the practical issues of the implementation of state-of-the-art acquisition methodologies and protocols for both basic science and clinical practice.

This handbook provides step-by-step instructions enabling even a novice in the field of interventional neuroradiology/endovascular neurosurgery to perform a procedure.

This new edition provides the most up to date, state-of-the art review of current literature which provides an introduction to pelvic floor imaging, as well as a resource to be used during initial and more advanced practice.

This book aims to educate general and vascular surgeons on all pertinent aspects of peritoneal dialysis (PD).

This comprehensive teaching atlas covers virtually all pancreatic anatomy (including variants) and diseases in a pattern-based radiologic approach.

This easy-to-consult guide describes new minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of vertebral lesions that are accompanied by fewer complications and side-effects, reduce the risks of anesthesia, and lower costs.

This book, now in a revised and updated second edition, remains a unique reference on postoperative neuroimaging.

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

Fall-induced hip fracture is an epidemic health risk among elderly people.

This concise practical guide is designed to facilitate the clinical decision-making process in the management of LAA occlusion procedures by reviewing a number of cases and defining the various diagnostic and management decisions open to clinicians.

This book provides an up-to-date overview on the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and imaging characteristics of sacral tumors, discusses the available treatment options, and reports the published outcomes.

This book, written by leading international experts, describes alternate fractionation strategies in which technology-driven precise targeting and dosing allow for improved conformance and decreased volumes, with concordant lessening of toxicity, reduction in treatment time, and lower overall health care expense.

This book addresses key issues of controversy in radiation oncology for each disease site, with expert commentaries from leading authorities in the field.

This book describes the pathways of dissemination of primary liver, biliary, and pancreatic neoplasms and proposes a practical and clinically driven approach to their imaging.

This book addresses the current understanding of the diagnosis and management of biliary disease across all ages, with emphasis on how the latest advances in clinical science may be integrated into current and future therapies.

This text encompass an up-to-date, comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art for gland preserving therapies.

This book offers detailed guidance on the use of imaging in the context of bariatric surgery.

This book provides the reader with up-to-date information on important advances in the understanding of breast cancer and innovative approaches to its management.

This book describes the interaction of living matter with photons, neutrons, charged particles, electrons and ions.

This book focuses on the diagnostic impact of CT scans in severe abdominal trauma and in non-traumatic acute abdomen, the two clinical entities that constitute the main reasons for referrals for this imaging technique from the intensive care unit.