Radiology category: 1196 books
Dating Neurological Injury:
A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
Dating Neurological Injury: A Forensic Guide for Radiologists, Other Expert Medical Witnesses, and Attorneys presents a unique way to approach the dating of neurological injury as imaged by modern computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and ultrasound (US). Chapters are presented in a logical...
Modification of Radiation Response
Cytokines, Growth Factors, and Other Biological Targets
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book describes and summarizes the radiation responses of both normal and neoplastic tissues with a focus on rational strategies for the modification of these responses. Emerging data from molecular oncology and radiobiology are reviewed in depth. The book covers not only general principles of...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
This book, now in its second edition, provides a comprehensive overview of current re-irradiation strategies, with detailed discussion of re-irradiation methods, technical aspects, the role of combined therapy with anticancer drugs and hyperthermia, and normal tissue tolerance. In addition, disease...
Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer
Innovative Techniques and Current Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Today, the arsenal of “high-precision” or “targeted” radiotherapy includes a variety of techniques and approaches that, like the pieces of a puzzle, need to be put together to provide the prostate cancer patient with high-level optimized radiation treatment. This book examines in detail the...
by Stephen Schuster, Rebecca Elstrom, MD
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2012
This issue provides a complete update on PET imaging of lymphoma, starting with a clinical assessment of lymphoma and the role of medical imaging. The role of structural imaging in lymphoma is then discussed. From a Nuclear Medicine perspective, FDG-PET in lymphoma is reviewed, as is the role of...
Nuclear Oncology
Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
This book provides the reader with a comprehensive understanding of both the basic principles and the clinical applications of nuclear oncology imaging techniques. The authors have assembled a distinguished group of leaders in the field who provide valuable insight on the subject. The book also includes...
Radiation Therapy in Hematologic Malignancies
An Illustrated Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book is designed to assist practitioners in managing patients who present with difficult cases of the most common hematological malignancies. The scenarios covered are those that are likely to be encountered in patients with the various forms of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,...
Interventional Oncology
A Practical Guide for the Interventional Radiologist
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Interventional Oncology is a fast-growing new field, as well as an emerging specialty. Many minimally-invasive, imaging-guided procedures seem set to replace more traditional open surgical techniques of treating solid tumors in a variety of organs. The aim of this book is to describe new interventional...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The current textbooks for specialists are too detailed. This book will be a handy pocket guide for trainee vascular radiologists, and will serve as an aide-memoire for senior vascular radiologists. Each procedure will be shown in its entirety.
Rather than being a library purchase, this book...
by Melissa L. Rosado-de-Christenson, MD, FACR
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Part of the highly regarded Specialty Imaging series, this unique title by Dr. Melissa L. Rosado-de-Christenson clearly presents the imaging features of all thoracic neoplasms (including those affecting the cardiovascular system) as well as staging of malignancies and patterns of metastatic spread...
Proton Beam Therapy
How Protons are Revolutionizing Cancer Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012
Proton beam therapy is an emerging technology with promise of revolutionizing the treatment of cancer. While nearly half of all patients diagnosed with cancer in the US receive radiation therapy, the majority is delivered via electron accelerators, where photons are used to irradiate cancerous tissue....
Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy
Practical Clinical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2012
This well-received book, now in its fifth edition, is unique in providing a detailed examination of the technological basis of radiation therapy. Another unique feature is that the chapters are jointly written by North American and European authors. This considerably broadens the book’s contents...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Safety and Efficacy of Radiopharmaceuticals was established as a very important and comprehensive subject at the First Europe an Symposium on Radiopharmacy and Radiopharmaceuticals in Denmark in 1983. The interest in this subject has grown considerably since then due to the growing interest among...