Computed Tomography of the Lung A Pattern Approach
For many years now, high-resolution CT has been an indispensable tool in the evaluation of patients with suspected diffuse pulmonary disease. Today, owing to continuous technical improvements and in particular the introduction of multidetector CT, very de
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MEDICAL RADIOLOGY
Diagnostic Imaging Editors: A. L. Baert, Leuven M. Knauth, Göttingen K. Sartor, Heidelberg
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J. A. Verschakelen · W. De Wever
Computed Tomography of the Lung A Pattern Approach Foreword by
A. L. Baert With 157 Figures in 356 Separate Illustrations, 43 in Color and 32 Tables
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J. A. Verschakelen, MD, Professor W. De Wever, MD Department of Radiology University Hospitals Leuven Herestraat, 49 3000 Leuven Belgium
Medical Radiology · Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology Series Editors: A. L. Baert · L. W. Brady · H.-P. Heilmann · M. Knauth · M. Molls · K. Sartor Continuation of Handbuch der medizinischen Radiologie Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology
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Foreword
Most radiologists are involved on a daily basis in the performance and interpretation of CT studies of the lung, one of the most frequent radiological examinations in routine practice. The currently available state-of-the-art MDCT technology enables us to study and display lung anatomy and gross pathology up to the level of the secondary pulmonary nodule in an exquisite way. Prof. J.A. Verschakelen and Dr. W. De Wever have taken an original but highly didactic approach to explaining and teaching the CT features of lung diseases and other diseases with a pulmonary component. The numerous superb colour drawings, together with the well chosen high resolution CT images, enable the reader to better understand the
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