Fundamentals of high-resolution lung CT : common findings, common patterns, common diseases, and differential diagnosis / / Brett M. Elicker, W. Richard Webb

• Autore: Elicker Brett M
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Wolters Kluwer Health, , [2013]; �2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 616.2/407572
• Soggetto topico: Lungs - Tomography; Diagnosis, Differential; Lungs - Radiography
• Persona (resp. second.): WebbW. Richard <1945-> (Wayne Richard)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: HRCT indications, technique, radiation dose, and normal anatomy -- Reticular opacities -- Nodular lung disease -- Increased lung attenuation : ground glass opacity and consolidation -- Decreased lung attenuation : emphysema, mosaic perfusion, and cystic lung disease -- Airways diseases -- Pulmonary vascular diseases -- Pulmonary edema, diffuse alveolar damage, the acute respiratory distress syndrome, and pulmonary hemorrhage -- The interstitial pneumonias -- Connective tissue disease -- Smoking related lung disease -- Sarcoidosis -- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis and eosinophilic lung disease -- Pulmonary infections -- Complications of medical treatment: drug-induced lung disease and radiation -- Pneumoconioses -- Neoplastic and lymphoproliferative diseases -- Rare diseases.
• Sommario/riassunto: Fundamentals of High Resolution Lung CT presents a simple and concise approach to the HRCT diagnosis of diffuse lung disease. Using a clear, reader-friendly approach, the book presents the fundamental insights and facts necessary to interpret HRCT in any clinical setting. The text and illustrations highlight the most essential rules, reasoning, shortcuts, and differential diagnostic techniques used in daily clinical practice. Readers will find it an excellent guide to improving the HRCT assessment of commonly encountered lung disease.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fundamentals of high-resolution lung CT
• ISBN: 1-4698-2479-5; 1-4698-7609-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910446327703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II