Comparative Interpretation of CT and Standard Radiography of the Chest

Standard radiography of the chest remains one of the most widely used imaging modalities but it can be difficult to interpret. The possibility of producing cross-sectional, reformatted 2D and 3D images with CT makes this technique an ideal tool for reinte

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Series Editors A. L. Baert, Leuven M. F. Reiser, München H. Hricak, New York M. Knauth, Göttingen

Medical Radiology Diagnostic Imaging

Editorial Board Andy Adam, London Fred Avni, Brussels Richard L. Baron, Chicago Carlo Bartolozzi, Pisa George S. Bisset, Houston A. Mark Davies, Birmingham William P. Dillon, San Francisco D. David Dershaw, New York Sam Sanjiv Gambhir, Stanford Nicolas Grenier, Bordeaux Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Vienna Robert Hermans, Leuven Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Heidelberg Theresa McLoud, Boston Konstantin Nikolaou, München Caroline Reinhold, Montreal Donald Resnick, San Diego Rüdiger Schulz-Wendtland, Erlangen Stephen Solomon, New York Richard D. White, Columbus

Emmanuel E. Coche Benoît Ghaye Johan de Mey Philippe Duyck (Eds.)

Comparative Interpretation of CT and Standard Radiography of the Chest Foreword by A. L. Baert

Emmanuel E. Coche Department of Medical Imaging Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Avenue Hippocrate, 10 1200 Brussels Belgium [email protected]

Johan de Mey Department of Radiology AZ-VUB Laarbeeklaan 101 1090 Brussel Belgium [email protected]

Benoît Ghaye Department of Medical Imaging University Hospital of Liege B35 Sart Tilman 4000 Liege Belgium [email protected] and Department of Medical Imaging Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc Avenue Hippocrate, 10 1200 Brussels Belgium [email protected]

Philippe Duyck Department of Radiology UZ-Gent De Pintelaan 185 9000 Gent Belgium [email protected]

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Foreword

Although standard r