Abdominal imaging

Plain radiography of the abdomen -- Fluoroscopic study of the abdomen and fluoroscopic contrast media -- Abdominal ultrasound imaging : anatomy, physics, instrumentation, and technique -- Tissue harmonic imaging and Doppler ultrasound imaging -- Advanced ultrasound techniques : liver elastography, contrast-enhanced ultrasonography, and four-dimensional ultrasound -- Principles of computed tomography physics, instrumentation, and radiation safety -- Recent advances -- Computed tomography contrast media and principles of contrast enhancement -- Principles of magnetic resonance imaging physics -- Contrast media and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging -- Advanced magnetic resonance imaging applications -- Positron emission tomography and computed tomography technique and instrumentation -- Positron emission tomography and positron emission tomography/computed tomography clinical applications -- Ureteral and kidney stones -- Acute appendicitis -- Hollow viscus perforation -- Acute gastrointestinal bleeding -- Esophageal imaging -- Imaging of the stomach and duodenum -- Mucosal diseases of the stomach : differentiating benign from malignant -- Gastric stromal tumors -- Gastric outlet obstruction -- Gastric function imaging : technique and applications -- Imaging the small bowel -- Small bowel obstruction -- Acute and chronic small bowel ischemia -- Benign neoplasms and wall thickening of the small bowel -- Malignant neoplasms and wall thickening of the small bowel -- Colon imaging : conventional imaging and computed tomography -- Computed tomographic colonography -- Inflammatory and infectious colonic lesions -- Colonic vascular lesions -- Colon cancer and screening strategies -- Imaging of the postoperative bowel -- Imaging of the liver -- Benign focal lesions -- Malignant focal lesions -- Fatty liver disease -- Hepatic iron overload -- Hepatic storage disorders -- Cirrhosis and hepatitis -- Hepatic veno-occlusive diseases -- Cholestatic hepatic disorders -- Hepatic variants -- Imaging of the pancreas -- Solid pancreatic masses -- Cystic lesions of the pancreas -- Imaging of acute pancreatitis -- Imaging of chronic pancreatitis -- Miscellaneous pancreatitis -- Diffuse pancreatic disease -- Dilated bile ducts -- Tumors of the gallbladder -- Intrahepatic bile duct tumors -- Extrahepatic bile duct tumors -- Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening -- Focal gallbladder wall thickening -- Gallbladder and bile duct functional imaging -- Focal splenic lesions -- Diffuse splenic lesions -- Lymph node imaging techniques and clinical role -- Imaging of the kidneys and urinary tract -- Benign, malignant, and cystic focal renal lesions -- Diffuse renal parenchymal diseases -- Renal vascular diseases -- Urinary tract obstruction -- Benign and malignant ureteral strictures -- Benign and malignant bladder lesions -- Urinary tract anomalies and variants -- Enlarged adrenal glands -- Adrenal masses -- Benign prostatic hyperplasia -- Benign and malignant focal prostate lesions -- Seminal vesicle lesions -- Erectile dysfunction -- Penile trauma and miscellaneous penile lesions -- Imaging of the scrotum -- Benign and malignant testicular lesions -- Imaging of disorders of the female urethra -- Imaging of disorders of the male urethra -- Peritoneal fluid collections, peritonitis, and peritoneal abscess -- Non-neoplastic conditions of the peritoneum and neoplastic conditions of the mesentery and omentum -- Neoplastic and non-neoplastic conditions of the abdominal wall -- Abdominal wall hernias -- Response evaluation criteria in solid tumors, world health organization, and other response criteria -- Image-guided therapy.

Richly illustrated and comprehensive in scope, Abdominal Imaging, 2nd Edition, by Drs. Dushyant V. Sahani and Anthony E. Samir, is your up-to-date, one-volume source for evaluating the full range of diagnostic, therapeutic, and interventional challenges in this fast-changing field. Part of the Expert Radiology series, this highly regarded reference covers all modalities and organ systems in a concise, newly streamlined format for quicker access to common and uncommon findings. Detailed, expert guidance, accompanied by thousands of high-quality digital images, helps you make the most of new technologies and advances in abdominal imaging. Offers thorough coverage of all diagnostic modalities for abdominal imaging: radiographs, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, CT, MRI, PET and PET/CT. Helps you select the best imaging approaches and effectively interpret your findings with a highly templated, well-organized, at-a-glance organization. Covers multi-modality imaging of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gall bladder, bile ducts, spleen, pelvic lymph nodes, kidneys, urinary tract, prostate, and peritoneum. -- Publisher.