Most radiologists are involved on a daily basis in the performance and interpretation of CT studies of the lung, one of the most frequent radiological examinations in routine practice.
The currently available state-of-the-art MDCT technology enables us to study and display lung anatomy and gross pathology up to the level of the secondary pulmonary nodule in an exquisite way.
Prof. J.A. Verschakelen and Dr. W. De Wever have taken an original but highly didactic approach to explaining and teaching the CT features of lung diseases and other diseases with a pulmonary component.
The numerous superb colour drawings, together with the well chosen high resolution CT images, enable the reader to better understand the CT changes in patients with pulmonary
diseases, to recognise characteristic appearances and distribution patterns of the lung parenchyma, and finally how to use these patterns to make a correct diagnosis or to narrow down the number of differential diagnostic possibilities. The fact that all chapters of this book have been authored by the two editors only ensures that the specific concept and approach of this book is well respected throughout the whole volume.
I congratulate the authors, both internationally well known chest radiologists, for writing this excellent and remarkable work. I can strongly recommend it to all trainees in radiology and pneumology, as it provides a perfect guide through the field of HRCT of the lung, as well as to certified medical specialists who want to update their knowledge in CT of the lung.
I am confident that this volume will meet with the same success among readers as many of the previous volumes published in this series.
- Foreword from Albert L. Baert -
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Basic Anatomy and CT of the Normal Lung
3 How to Approach a CT of the Lung?
4 Increased Lung Attenuation
5 Decreased Lung Attenuation
6 Nodular Pattern
7 Linear Pattern
8 Case Study
Subject Index
About the Editor
J. A. Verschakelen, MD, Professor
W. De Wever, MD
Department of Radiology
University Hospitals Leuven
Herestraat, 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium
The currently available state-of-the-art MDCT technology enables us to study and display lung anatomy and gross pathology up to the level of the secondary pulmonary nodule in an exquisite way.
Prof. J.A. Verschakelen and Dr. W. De Wever have taken an original but highly didactic approach to explaining and teaching the CT features of lung diseases and other diseases with a pulmonary component.
The numerous superb colour drawings, together with the well chosen high resolution CT images, enable the reader to better understand the CT changes in patients with pulmonary
diseases, to recognise characteristic appearances and distribution patterns of the lung parenchyma, and finally how to use these patterns to make a correct diagnosis or to narrow down the number of differential diagnostic possibilities. The fact that all chapters of this book have been authored by the two editors only ensures that the specific concept and approach of this book is well respected throughout the whole volume.
I congratulate the authors, both internationally well known chest radiologists, for writing this excellent and remarkable work. I can strongly recommend it to all trainees in radiology and pneumology, as it provides a perfect guide through the field of HRCT of the lung, as well as to certified medical specialists who want to update their knowledge in CT of the lung.
I am confident that this volume will meet with the same success among readers as many of the previous volumes published in this series.
- Foreword from Albert L. Baert -
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Basic Anatomy and CT of the Normal Lung
3 How to Approach a CT of the Lung?
4 Increased Lung Attenuation
5 Decreased Lung Attenuation
6 Nodular Pattern
7 Linear Pattern
8 Case Study
Subject Index
About the Editor
J. A. Verschakelen, MD, Professor
W. De Wever, MD
Department of Radiology
University Hospitals Leuven
Herestraat, 49
3000 Leuven
Belgium
