Main description:

The dramatic evolution of new technology in diagnostic and therapeutic radiology has changed the whole field of medicine. Ultrasonography, computed tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and digital radiography are those new techniques which are undergoing continuous development, providing us with increasingly re fined methods for establishing the cause of disease and for treating the patient. Using radiologic technique, ingenious methods are continuously being developed to en sure less expensive, less traumatic, and more efficient therapy. Transluminal angio plasty, embolization of tumors or bleeding vessels, extraction or dissolution of stones, and regional infusions are some of these therapeutic methods in modem diagnostic radiology. Every day new ideas arise which are published in a multitude of papers. This heavy flow of information limits the possibility of selecting from a core of information and often prevents radiologists from communicating efficiently with their colleagues in other countries or continents. European radiologists are additionally hampered from participating in international communication because of the language barriers created by the national journals. As a result, Europe's contribution to scientific progress in this interdisciplinary field has influenced only regional developments.

Contents:

Percutaneous Extraction of Renal Calculi. With 28 Figures.- Percutaneous Nephropyelostomy and Endo-Urological Manipulations With 12 Figures.- Transhepatic Portal Catheterization with Pancreatic Venous Sampling Versus Angiography in the Localization of Pancreatic Functioning Tumors With 10 Figures.- New Topics in Embolization. Effects of Central, Peripheral or Capillary Type of Occlusion in Animal Models Simulating Tumor Embolization With 17 Figures.- Electric Transcatheter Vascular Obliteration: Electrothrombosis, Electrolysis or Electrocoagulation. With 2 Figures.- Manufacturing-Derived Impurities in Angiography. With 9 Figures.- Digital Radiography Using a Computed Tomography Instrument With 35 Figures.