Easy to read, engaging, and highly interactive, Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology: A Programmed Text, 5th Edition, has long been the go-to learning resource for medical students, residents, radiologists, and others who order and interpret chest x-rays. It offers a clear, self-directed tutorial on all aspects of chest imaging, including pathologies and anatomic challenges. You'll find essential, accessible explanations of basic science, image reading and interpretation, and key terminology, along with hundreds of high-quality radiographs and interactive quizzes that have made this best-selling title the must-have primer of chest radiology.
Key Features
- Presents essential concepts in a straightforward, logically sequenced manner, with one chapter building on the next.
- Emphasizes basic radiographic anatomy and signs of disease seen in everyday practice on the chest x-ray, helpfully presented from various points of view.
- Includes more than 550 radiographs (many are new!) with correlative PET, CT, and MR images as appropriate-all presented with humor and insightful comments that provide a uniquely engaging self-directed learning experience for clinical application or board review.
- Keeps you up to date with the latest thoracic imaging topics, including pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis, combined pulmonary fibrosis with emphysema (CPFE), age-related lung changes, interstitial lung disease (ILD), lung cancer screening and tumor classification, and lower radiation dosing and safety considerations.
- Provides numerous multiple-choice questions and quizzes throughout, along with answers, annotated x-rays, line drawings, cartoons, and engaging clinical tips.
- Includes access to robust interactive offerings online, such as easy-to-access quizzes and board review questions.
| ISBN | 9780323777957 |
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| Product Format | Ebook |
| Publication Date | 2019 |
| Author Information | By Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, FAAC, Professor, Diagnostic Radiology and Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care, Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Medical College of Wisconsin / Froedtert Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Table of Content | 1 The Radiographic Examination: The Basics 1 2 Cross-Sectional Imaging Techniques 20 3 The Normal Chest X-Ray: Reading Like the Pros 36 4 Chest CT: Putting It All Together 58 5 Lobar Anatomy 74 6 The Silhouette Sign 94 7 The Air Bronchogram Sign 112 8 Signs of Lung and Lobar Collapse 126 9 Patterns of Lung Disease 152 10 Understanding the Mediastinum 178 11 The Pleural and Extrapleural Spaces 198 12 Cardiovascular Disease 222 |
| Publication Date | 04-12-2019 |
| Pages | 275 |
| deltacomm1code | Electronic Book |
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