Main description:

The 20 chapters in this book have been selected from the contents of the Abdominal Imaging section in Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology 6e. These chapters provide a succinct up-to-date overview of current imaging techniques and their clinical applications in daily practice and it is hoped that with this concise format the user will quickly grasp the fundamentals they need to know. Throughout these chapters, the relative merits of different imaging investigations are described, variations are discussed and recent imaging advances are detailed.

Contents:

Current Status of Imaging of the

Gastrointestinal Tract: Imaging Techniques

and Radiation Issues,

Iain D. Morrison . Patrick McLaughlin . Michael Maher

The Oesophagus,

Edmund M. Godfrey . Alan H. Freeman

The Stomach,

Dina F. Caroline . Chandra Dass . Omar Agosto

The Duodenum and Small Intestine,

Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis . Panos Prassopoulos .

Maria Daskalogiannaki . Patrick McLaughlin .

Michael Maher

The Large Bowel,

Stuart A. Taylor . Andrew Plumb

Imaging of the Peritoneum, Mesentery

and Omentum,

Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis . Panos Prassopoulos .

Maria Daskalogiannaki

The Liver and Spleen,

David J. Lomas . Lorenzo Mannelli

The Biliary System,

Robert N. Gibson . Thomas Sutherland

The Pancreas,

Wolfgang Schima . E. Jane Adam . Robert A. Morgan

Common Uroradiological Referrals:

Haematuria, Loin Pain, Renal Failure and

Infection,

Owen J. O'Connor . Tarek El-Diasty .

Mohamed Abou El-Ghar . Michael Maher

The Urinary Tract: Overview of Anatomy,

Techniques and Radiation Issues,

Owen J. O'Connor . Michael Maher

Renal Masses: Imaging and Biopsy,

Giles Rottenberg . Zaid Viney

Renal Transplantation: Imaging,

Giles Rottenberg . Allan C. Andi

Urothelial Cancer, Upper Tract and

Lower Tract,

Nigel C. Cowan . Richard H. Cohan

Prostate,

Joyce G.R. Bomers . Leonardo Kayat Bittencourt .

Geert Villeirs . Jelle O. Barentsz

Male Genitourinary Tract,

Nadeem Shaida . Lol Berman

Gynaecological Cancer,

Evis Sala . Susan Freeman . Susan M. Ascher . Hedvig Hricak

Benign Gynaecological Disease,

Sue J. Barter . Fleur Kilburn-Toppin

Genitourinary Tract Trauma,

Lisa A. Miller . Stuart E. Mirvis

Adrenal Imaging,

Anju Sahdev . Rodney H. Reznek