Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors
This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive survey of the growing role of medical imaging studies in the detection, staging, grading, tissue characterization, and post-treatment follow-up of soft tissue tumors. For each tumor group, imaging find
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Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors
A.M.De Schepper (Editor) F. Vanhoenacker P.M.Parizel J. Gielen (Coeditors)
Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors Third Edition with 411 Figures in 1158 Separate Illustrations and 38 Tables
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Arthur M. De Schepper, MD, PhD – Professor emeritus, University of Antwerp* – Consultant-Professor, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands Filip Vanhoenacker, MD, PhD – Consultant-Radiologist, University Hospital, Antwerp* Jan Gielen, MD, PhD – Staff Radiologist, University Hospital, Antwerp* Paul M.Parizel, MD, PhD – Professor and Chairman, University Hospital, Antwerp* * Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Antwerp Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650 Edegem, Belgium
ISBN-10 3-540-24809-0 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-13 978-3-540-24809-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN-10 3-540-41405-3 Second Editon Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2005930319 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997, 2001, 2006 Printed in Germany The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: the publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Editor: Dr. Ute Heilmann, Heidelberg Desk Editor: Wilma McHugh, Heidelberg Cover design: Frido Steinen-Broo, EStudio Calamar, Spain Reproduction and Typesetting: AM-productions GmbH, Wiesloch Production: LE-TEX Jelonek, Schmidt & Vöckler GbR, Leipzig Printed on acid-free paper
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Preface of the Third Edition
The Belgian Soft Tissue Neoplasm Registry (BSTNR) is a multiinstitutional database project involving the cooperation of nearly all magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centers in Belgium. This initiative, which was started in 2001, had two main goals. First, the BSTNR provided a second opinion report (within 48 h) as a professional courtesy toward all cooperating radiologists. Second, the BSTNR served as a scientific data bank of soft tissue tumors, which are rare lesions in daily radiological practice. All cooperating radiologists had acc
