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Editor Jordi Rimola, MD has assembled an important issue on Imaging of the Bowel. Articles will include MR Imaging Techniques of the Bowel, MR Imaging of the Small Bowel in Crohn Disease, MR Colonography in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Emerging Techniques for Evaluating the Bowel, Non Inflammatory...

This issue, edited by Dr. Kirkland Davis, will comprehensively review imaging of the knee. Articles will include: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Meniscus; MRI of Cruciate Ligaments; Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Extensor Mechanism; Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Articular Cartilage...

PET imaging has been used for the assessment of lung cancer for several years for diagnosis, staging, and post-treatment follow up.  Expanded applications are now being used and explored in the imaging of the heart, thoracic vascular disease, and chest wall disorders.  This issue provides an up-to-date review of the uses of PET for oncologic and nononcologic diseases of the thorax.

Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Multidisciplinary Management provides a comprehensive account of the current state of knowledge on nasopharyngeal cancer and its multidisciplinary management. The first ten chapters document contain essential background information on subjects such as epidemiology, pathogenesis,...

This issue of MRI Clinics of North America focuses on Imaging of Brain Tumors, and is edited by Dr. Rivka Colen. Articles will include: Multiparametric Imaging Analysis: MR Spectroscopy; Genomics and MicroRNAs in Glioma; Metabolomics and Hyperpolarization MRI in Brain Tumors; Imaging Genomics in Glioma;...

The value of MR imaging for the evaluation of musculoskeletal system disorders cannot be over-stated. It is the only imaging modality that enables visualization of all components of the joints within single examinations. Yet, given the bewildering variety of possible sequence parameters, with and...

Increasing survival figures and the use of more intense combined treatment regimens in modern oncology have raised the problem of late therapeutic sequelae in long-term survivors after cancer. Recent scientific approaches to late sequelae concentrate on the evaluation of subclinical changes with sophisticated...

The newest edition of Manaster’s Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal Non-Traumatic Disease combines the largest number of musculoskeletal images with the broadest non-trauma coverage available. Featuring more than 300 diagnoses highlighting the most recent information, references, and images, it...

The detection of tumors in various organ systems remains one of the central applications of ultrasound. This issue of Ultrasound Clinics will consist of 10 articles under the title “Oncologic Ultrasound” and will feature several articles on elastrography (a developing method for distinguishing...

The imaging methods used to evaluate patients with suspected vertebral injuries have undergone radical changes in the past decade, the most significant being the ascendancy of computed tomography (CT) to become the primary investigative modality. Issues such as high radiation dose associated with...

This is a single, comprehensive handbook for clinical oncology trainees and consultants, covering the basic aspects of stereotactic radiotherapy systems and treatment.

Current cancer therapies are focused on three general strategies: modifying intrinsic radiosensitivity via molecular targeting, manipulating microenvironmental factors to enhance tumor susceptibility to radiation, and improving delivery of radiation to critical tumor locations while sparing normal...

- Includes all current diagnostic techniques including FDG-PET and MRI - Second Edition is completely revised to include the latest diagnostic and theraputic concepts - Special section is devoted to medullary thyroid cancer