Download or read book Thoracic Imaging, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America, E-Book written by Jane P. Ko and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue of Radiologic Clinics will focus on the essentials of thoracic imaging. Topics include lung cancer screening and staging systems, radiation dose techniques, nodule characterization, PET/CT in the thorax, MDCT and MR evaluation of thoracic aorta, pulmonary emboli and perfusion imaging, interstital pneumonias, emphysema and airway imaging, post-operative chest, and thoracic infections in the immunocompromised host.