Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in chest and heart disease. The different topics are disease-oriented and encompass all the relevant imaging modalities including X-ray technology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance, as well as image-guided interventional techniques. The book represents a condensed overview of many topics relevant in chest and heart disease and is aimed at residents in radiology as well as at experienced radiologists wishing to be updated on the current state-of-the art.

Drug development today needs to balance agility, speed, and risk in defining probability of success for molecules, mechanisms, and therapeutic concepts. New techniques such as fMRI promise to be part of a sequence that could transform drug development. Although numerous review articles exist that discuss the use of imaging in drug development, no one source is available that combines the various techniques and includes a discussion of disease mapping. Imaging in CNS Drug Discovery and Development, Implications for Disease and Therapy will serve to distill the most salient developments in the use of imaging in drug development and disease mapping. It will launch evolving concepts that integrate new imaging technologies and paradigms with molecular medicine and molecular profiling ("monics") as well as consider the ethical issues that arise as a result of disease or state diagnosis and the use of imaging in the public eye.

A MCQ book provides oppurtunity for in-depth analysis physics of MRI and USG.

This book covers peripheral vascular anatomy, hemodynamics, physics, and peripheral vascular doppler ultrasound testing. Table of Contents: Introduction Hemodynamics Doppler Physics Arteries of the Extremities Waveform Analysis Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Brachial Artery Pressure for Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Study Posterior Tibial Artery Waveform and Pressure for ABI Study Segmental Pressures Study Toe Brachial Index (TBI) Toe Pressure Study Venous Reflux Study Pulse Volume Arterial Studies (PVR) Instrumentation Doppler Testing Equipment and Supplies ABI Form Insurance Reimbursement Nutrition for Mild PAD Exercise Desktop Yoga Healthy Gourmet Wheat, Gluten, Dairy, Egg, and Yeast, Free Recipes Biometabolic Analysis

Expand your understanding of the physics and practical clinical applications of advanced radiation therapy technologies with Khan's The Physics of Radiation Therapy, 5th edition, the book that set the standard in the field. This classic full-color text helps the entire radiation therapy team--radiation oncologists, medical physicists, dosimetrists, and radiation therapists--develop a thorough understanding of 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), high dose-rate remote afterloaders (HDR), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), and proton beam therapy, as well as the physical concepts underlying treatment planning, treatment delivery, and dosimetry.
In preparing this new Fifth Edition, Dr. Kahn and new co-author Dr. John Gibbons made chapter-by-chapter revisions in the light of the latest developments in the field, adding new discussions, a new chapter, and new color illustrations throughout. Now even more precise and relevant, this edition is ideal as a reference book for practitioners, a textbook for students, and a constant companion for those preparing for their board exams.
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Stay on top of the latest advances in the field with new sections and/or discussions of Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT), and the Failure Mode Event Analysis (FMEA) approach to quality assurance.Deepen your knowledge of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) through a completely new chapter that covers SBRT in greater detail.Expand your visual understanding with new full color illustrations that reflect current practice and depict new procedures.Access the authoritative information you need fast through the new companion website which features fully searchable text and an image bank for greater convenience in studying and teaching.

"Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, 2nd edition" covers the entire spectrum of breast imaging, including screening and diagnostic mammography, tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound, MRI, positron emission mammography, and gamma camera breast imaging. Also highlighted are topics in breast pathology and management of breast diseases. The 5th edition of the BI-RADS for mammography and 2nd editions of BI-RADS for ultrasound and MRI are cited throughout, providing the essential reporting tools for breast imaging. Along with Amirsys-pioneered, bulleted text, this handsome volume also includes thousands of illustrations and images, all annotated with essential information. "Diagnostic Imaging: Breast, 2nd edition," is a must-have, NEW edition reference for anyone involved with breast imaging FEATURES:
Published by Amirsys, a globally recognized medical information publisher.
Heavily illustrated, including tomosynthesis, along with hundreds of annotated images.
Bulleted and succinct text format distills essential information for fast and easy comprehension.
Comes with Amirsys eBook Advantage(TM), an online eBook featuring expanded content, additional eBook images, and fully searchable text.

Assess your knowledge and master core material with this image-rich review tool! Designed to follow the structure of the Core Exam module for breast imaging, Breast Imaging: A Core Review prepares you for the updated exam with a focus on understanding disease processes , the physics behind image acquisition , quality control , and safety . More than 300 questions, answers, and explanations accompany hundreds of high-quality images, in a format that mimics the Core Exam . Put this user-friendly resource to work for you and approach the Core E xam or MOC with confidence!Key Features Prepare for every aspect of the exam with thorough coverage of standards of care, breast cancer screening, diagnostic breast imaging and findings, breast pathology, breast intervention, and physics related to breast imaging. Questions are divided according to the Core Exam Study Guide , so you can work on particular topics as needed. Multiple-choice questions and extended matching questions have corresponding answers with explanations of not only why one answer is correct, but also why other options are incorrect. References are provided for every question, helping you further your knowledge when you want to delve more deeply into a particular topic. An ideal reference and review tool for residents, fellows, practicing radiologists, and those preparing for Maintenance of Certification. Also available in the Core Review Series: Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Core Review by Paul Spicer Coming Soon Genitourinary Imaging: A Core Review by Matthew Davenport, MD

Considero que esta obra magistralmente escrita por el Dr. Luis Ramos Mendez, es una contribucion mayor al conocimiento y manejo de los problemas de las vias biliares, los cuales a pesar de los recientes avances en cuanto a metodos de diagnostico y tratamiento por medios endoscopicos del paciente, siguen siendo un gran desafio para el medico tratante. En mi opinion este libro constituye una revision unica y objetiva de las tecnicas intervencionistas utilizadas en la via biliar muchas de ellas ya descritas en la literatura y otras hasta el momento ineditas disenadas por el Maestro Ramos Mendez, gracias a la cual el lector podra adquirir los conocimientos mas actuales y profundos en el topico a discusion. Serios interrogantes existen en cuanto al manejo racional de estos problemas. El texto del Maestro Ramos Mendez provee muchas respuestas a la luz del conocimiento actual y se constituye en una importante guia para el manejo diagnostico y terapeutico de los problemas de vias biliares en sus diversas presentaciones clinicas. Por las razones mencionadas este libro sera de mucho valor para los medicos tratantes y sobre todo para los medicos en formacion y estudiantes de medicina. Dr. Wilfrido Castaneda Zuniga

In this book, the authors discuss the procedures, techniques and applications of medical imaging; which creates images of the human body for clinical purposes or medical science. Topics discussed in this compilation include the use of whole-body fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in patients with large-vessel vasculitis and sarcoidosis; medical image registration; radiological techniques in medical imaging; electrical impedance tomography (EIT); imaging of brain function with PET and its role in aphasia research; and real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging.

The fourth edition of this highly successful textbook discusses the practical applications of the various methods of regional anaesthesia, including ultrasound, as well as giving an account of their theoretical aspects. The well-established author team use their experience to provide a practical and stimulating book which reflects everyday clinical activity, supplemented by high definition ultrasound images and schematic diagrams. The book will also discuss the place of regional anaesthesia in current medical practice, particularly with regard to pain processes, ultrasound imaging, and patient outcomes. Regional anaesthesia is a rapidly expanding sub-speciality of anaesthesia: routine provision of long-lasting pain relief and the introduction of real-time ultrasound block has fuelled a demand for cadaver and ultrasound-based anatomy training courses. Thus, it is more important than ever to have a thorough grounding in this exciting subspecialty.

This book is a survey of papers dedicated to Electrophotonic Imaging (EPI) GDV Bioelectrography applications in Medicine and Psychology from 2000 to 2012. The most of cited works are presented in proceedings of different conferences, but a lot are published in per-review journals. It is clear that Electrophotonic technique has high potential in analyzing Human Energy Field for health and wellbeing and monitoring the reaction of people to different influences and treatments.

"Diagnostic Imaging: Interventional Procedures is the first Amirsys book focused on procedural guidance for interventional radiologists. Dr. Gregory Walker and his team of renowned radiologists provide fast-reading, bulleted instructions for over 100 common interventional procedures, including neuro, vascular, and non-vascular interventions. This book features over 800 outstanding medical images that include not only CT, MR, and US, but hundreds of pre-, intra-, and post-procedural photographs. All images are fully annotated to highlight the most important diagnostic information. Coupled with a companion eBook that includes expanded content and fully searchable text, this ground-breaking volume will become a valued go-to resource for interventional radiologists, radiologists, and vascular surgeons"--Provided by publisher.

"Specialty Imaging: Hepatobiliary & Pancreas" provides encyclopedic coverage of the clinical, imaging, and pathologic features of every significant disorder of the liver, pancreas, or biliary system. The book includes anatomy modules, providing a solid foundation, whether normal or variant anatomy, for each disorder. Also included are the latest AJCC staging information with drawings to illustrate all of the stages. With nearly 700 pages, more than 2,300 images, and illustrations, this is the go-to reference for all radiologists, gastroenterologists, surgeons and any physician who deals with patients who have disorders of the liver, pancreas, or biliary system. Let the experts , Dr. Federle, Dr. Jeffrey, and Dr. Tublin guide you through all of the details with easy-to-read bulleted text, tables, and images. Features: numerous full color medical illustrations, state-of-the-art imaging, and pathologic correlation; includes tables and illustrative examples of staging of pancreatic and hepatobiliary malignancies; and features the classic benefits of all Amirsys titles, including time-saving bulleted text, ket facts in each chapter, stunning annotated images, extensive index, and Amirsys eBook Advantage, an online version of the print book with hundreds of additional images, larger images, and fully searchable text.

The imaging of small cellular components requires powerful instruments, and an entire family of equipment and techniques based on the confocal principle has been developed over the past 30 years. Such methods are commonly used by neuroscience researchers, but the majority of these users do not have a microscopy or a cell biology backgrounds and do can encounter difficulties in obtaining and interpreting results. This volume brings experts in high-resolution optical microscopy applications in neuroscience and cell biology together to document the state of the art. Outlining what is currently possible, the volume also discusses promising developments for the future and aids readers in selecting the most scientifically meaningful approach to solve their questions. Each chapter discusses instrumentation and technology in relationship to application in research. All of the common and cutting edge trends are covered - fluorescence / laser electron / nonlinear microscopy, infrared fluorescence, multiphoton imaging, tomography, FRAP, live imaging, STED, PALM/STORM, etc.
* Single and multiphoton confocal microscopy, and 4-pi confocal microscopy
* Obtaining nanoresolution via photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM)
* Several procedures that correlate observations in optical fluorescence microscopy and electron microscopy
* Study of morphology and function via high-resolution fluorescence procedures
* Additional high-resolution microscopic techniques

Computer-assisted imaging with radiation (x- and gamma rays) is an integral part of modern medical-diagnostic practice. This imaging technology is also slowly finding its way into industrial applications. Although the technology is well developed, there is a need for further improvement to enhance image quality, reduce artifacts, minimize patient radiation exposure, compete with and complement other imaging methods (such as magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonics), and accommodate dense and large objects encountered in industrial applications. Scientists and engineers, attempting to progress this technology, are faced with an enormous amount of literature, addressing the imaging problem from various view points. This book provides a single source that addresses both the physical and mathematical aspects of the imaging problem in a consistent and comprehensive manner.

"Diagnostic Imaging: Chest" (Second Edition) is the much-anticipated update to the bestselling first edition by Dr. Melissa Rosado-de-Christenson and her large team of chest radiology experts. This new edition features an expanded section on infections, including discussion of various infections not included in the first edition. It also adds two new subsections to the chest imaging section. The first of these is an illustrated terminology section, which includes medical illustrations of important visual identifiers such as "honeycombing." The second new subsection describes various radiographic and CT signs, such as the "finger-in-glove" sign. Also fresh in this edition is a new section devoted entirely to atelectasis, which features expanded discussion of this important topic. In all, this 980-page new edition features over 150 new chapters along with the time-saving bulleted text and stunning radiographic and medical illustrations that are hallmarks of the award-winning publications from Amirsys.

This simple reference guide on how to examine and interpret CT head scans will be an invaluable guide to all radiographers, medical students and junior doctors. CT head scans are one of the most common medical and radiological examinations to be carried out in hospitals, and is now becoming a role extension for radiographers to diagnose and report these images. This guidebook hopes to provide the reader with a fundamental overview of CT head imaging from the technological side of how CT functions to in depth anatomy illustrations, report writing and common pathologies in acute trauma and vascular disease. This book can also be used as a reference tool for any medical professionals who want to further their knowledge of common CT head abnormalities, the nature of the pathology and differential diagnosis.

SALIENT FEATURES -Comprises 200 Common and rares Cases with highly organized radiological description of the diseases. -Classifies all cases in a series of Head and Spine chapters. -Covers all new imaging modalities. -Useful for Radiologist, Residents in Radiology preparing their examination (FRCR) and also for Neurologists and Neurosurgeons. - A different style used to give the opportunity to the readers to use the book directly as an atlas or to cover the diagnosis and comment and use it as a Case-Reviews, this idea is not present in the other books.

10-20 per cent of spinal surgery patients will experience one or more complications from their surgery. These complications are intimately tied to the specifics of their surgery, their underlying pathology, surgical approach, and the devices or instrumentation utilized. Further complicating matters are the bewildering array of hardware that is utilized to treat spine disease, with new approaches constantly becoming available. The goal of "Specialty Imaging: Postoperative Spine" is to provide a broad overview of the role of advanced imaging for the diagnosis and management of the postoperative spine patient. Thus this book covers normal (preoperative) spine anatomy, gives brief synopses of common surgical approaches, and covers the appearance of the normal postoperative state. Emphasis is given to the imaging and diagnosis of local spine and adjacent soft tissue postoperative complications, as well as remote complications and general medical complications. This is not a surgical textbook. The surgical descriptions are purposely superficial, and geared toward radiologists who want a general understanding of the clinical rationale for the surgery and the surgical approach. This book is intended for practicing radiologists, residents, fellows, and anyone who treats postoperative spine patients.

This simple reference guide on how to examine and interpret CT head scans will be an invaluable guide to all radiographers, medical students and junior doctors. CT head scans are one of the most common medical and radiological examinations to be carried out in hospitals, and is now becoming a role extension for radiographers to diagnose and report these images. This guidebook hopes to provide the reader with a fundamental overview of the common pathologies found in CT head imaging from degenerative disease to tumours, infections, inflammations and normal variants. This book can also be used as a reference tool for any medical professionals who want to further their knowledge of common CT head abnormalities, the nature of the pathology and differential diagnosis.