Learning radiology: recognizing the basics [3rd edition] 9780323388511, 0323388515

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Learning radiology: recognizing the basics [3rd edition]
9780323388511, 0323388515

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Table of contents :
1. Recognizing anything --
2. Recognizing a technically adequate chest radiograph --
3. Recognizing normal pulmonary antaomy --
4. Recognizing normal cardiac anatomy --
5. Recognizing airspace versus interstitial lung disease --
6. Recognizing the causes of an opacified hemithorax --
7. Recognizing atelectasis --
8. Recognizing a pleural effusion --
9. Recognizing pneumonia --
10. Recognizing pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, and subcutaneous emphysema --
11. Recognizing the correct placement of lines and tubes and their potential complications: Critical care radiology --
12. Recognizing diseases of the chest --
13. Recognizing adult heart disease --
14. Recognizing the normal abdomen: Conventional radiology --
15. Recognizing the normal abdomen and pelvis on computed tomography --
16. Recognizing bowel obstruction and ileus --
17. Recognizing extraluminal gas in the abdomen --
18. Recognizing abnormal calcifications and their causes --
19. Recognizing the imaging findings of trauma --
20. Recognizing gastrointestinal, hepatic, and urinary tract abnormalities --
21. Ultrasonography: Understanding the principles and recognizing normal and abnormal findings --
22. Magnetic resonance imaging: Understanding the principles and recognizing the basics --
23. Recognizing abnormalities of bone density --
24. Recognizing fractures and dislocations --
25. Recognizing joint disease: An approach to arthritis --
26. Recognizing some common causes of intracranial pathology --
28. Recognizing pediatric diseases --
Nuclear medicine: Understanding the principles and recognizing the basics --
The ABCs of heart disease: Recognizing adult heart disease from the frontal chest radiograph --
What to order when --
Chapter 1 quiz answers --
Unknown cases: Additional information --
Unknown cases quiz. Front cover
IFC_Student Consult
Learning Radiology
Copyright page
Dedication
Contributor
Preface
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Video Contents
1 Recognizing Anything
An Introduction to Imaging Modalities
From Darkness ... Light
Conventional Radiography
The Five Basic Densities
Computed Tomography
Radiation Dose and Safety
Ionizing Radiation in Radiology
Three Fates of Radiation During an Imaging Procedure
Measurements of Radiation
Biological Effects of Radiation
Types of Biological Effects
Cancer Development
Sources of Radiation for Humans. Relative Radiation Doses of Different ModalitiesPractices for Radiation Safety
Special Circumstances
Ultrasonography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fluoroscopy
Nuclear Medicine
Conventions Used in This Book
Terminology
Terminology Conventions Used in This Book
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2 Recognizing a Technically Adequate Chest Radiograph
Evaluating the Chest Radiograph for Technical Adequacy
Penetration
Inspiration
Rotation
Magnification
Angulation
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3 Recognizing Normal Pulmonary Anatomy
The Normal Frontal Chest Radiograph
Normal Pulmonary Vasculature. The Normal Lateral Chest RadiographFive Key Areas on the Lateral Chest X-Ray (see Fig. 3-3 and Table 3-1)
The retrosternal clear space
The hilar region
The fissures
The thoracic spine
The diaphragm and posterior costophrenic sulci
The posterior costophrenic angles (posterior costophrenic sulci)
Normal CT Anatomy of the Chest
Normal CT Anatomy of the Lungs
The Fissures
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4 Recognizing Normal Cardiac Anatomy
Evaluating the Heart on Chest Radiographs
Recognizing a Normal-Sized Heart
The Normal Cardiac Contours
General Principles
Evaluating the Heart on Cardiac CT. Normal Cardiac CT AnatomyFive-Vessel Level (Fig. 4-5)
Aortic Arch Level (Fig. 4-6)
Aortopulmonary Window Level (Fig. 4-7)
Main Pulmonary Artery Level (Fig. 4-8)
High Cardiac Level (Fig. 4-9)
Low Cardiac Level (Fig. 4-10)
Uses of Cardiac CT
CCTA-Normal Anatomy
Cardiac MRI
Normal Cardiac MRI Anatomy
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5 Recognizing Airspace versus Interstitial Lung Disease
Classifying Parenchymal Lung Disease
Characteristics of Airspace Disease
Some Causes of Airspace Disease
Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Disease
Some Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease. Predominantly Reticular Interstitial Lung DiseasesPredominantly Nodular Interstitial Diseases
Mixed Reticular and Nodular Interstitial Disease (Reticulonodular Disease)
Mixed Airspace and Interstitial Disease
Tuberculosis
Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Postprimary Tuberculosis ("Reactivation TB")
Patterns of Distribution of Postprimary Tuberculosis
Miliary Tuberculosis
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6 Recognizing the Causes of an Opacified Hemithorax
Atelectasis of the Entire Lung
Massive Pleural Effusion
Pneumonia of an Entire Lung
Postpneumonectomy
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7 Recognizing Atelectasis.