Imaging

Each title in the "PocketRadiologist" series provides you with the 100 most important diagnoses in a particular radiological speciality. For each diagnosis, you'll find 2 crisply reproduced images, plus consistent, bulleted summaries of: key facts, imaging, findings, differential diagnosis, clinical issues, pathological features and references. This unique organisation makes it remarkably easy to accurately and rapidly confirm or rule out a diagnosis! And all of the "PocketRadiologist" titles are available as soft cover, pocket-sized books or as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) software to meet you preferred reference style!

This atlas is for breast imagers who wish to improve their interpretative skills by learning a pattern approach method to analyze and integrate mammographic and sonographic findings. The goals of the book are: - to emphasize the multidisciplinary nature of breast imaging utilizing sonography, magnetic resonance and various nuclear medicine techniques.- to demonstrate the importance of high-resolution sonography. - to provide an atlas of a wide variety of breast pathological entities

MRI is increasingly being used by radiologists to confirm diagnoses and perform operative procedures of the breast. MRI's contrast between soft tissues in the breast is many times greater than that obtained by plain-film mammography. As opposed to x-rays, which are known to cause damage to cellular DNA, the magnetic fields and radiowaves used with MRI are not known to have any long-term biologic effect. MRI of the breast requires intravenous injection of a contrast agent, which helps highlight breast abnormalities. The American Cancer Society has advised women at high risk for breast cancer to have an MRI. This book, which is a collaboration between an experienced breast imager and a breast surgeon, contains 100 cases and covers high risk screening, extent of disease evaluation, as well as the full range of benign and malignant tumors found in the breast: DCIS, invasive ductal cancers, and invasive lobule cancers. Rare lesions such as phyllodes, mucinous, liposarcomas, and myotiboblastomas are also covered. Pathologic correlations are included where appropriate. This book has a special emphasis on preoperative planning involving MRI and thus may also appeal to surgical oncologists specializing in breast cancer. A companion website offers fully searchable text and images.

From one of the world's most renowned mammographers and highly successful authors with Thieme, this book by Laszlo Tabar brings a lifetime of experience in interpreting mammographic images to publication. Here Laszlo Tabar introduces a systematic method, based on his experience in giving courses worldwide, for interpreting mammographic images which, in its thoroughness, greatly reduces the opportunity for missing the most subtle of pathologic findings. The emphasis is on early detection. Where appropriate, pathologic specimens are shown in photographs to illustrate why mammographs appear as they do. This is the ultimate mammographic atlas for the radiologist seeking to increase his or her interpretive skills. No breast imager should be without this book.

The second edition of The Practice of Breast Ultrasound is an indispensable reference for the latest techniques in detecting common breast pathologies. New in this edition are guidelines for quality control and an expanded chapter on 3D scanning. More than 700 high-quality images, including new 100 images, demonstrate concepts of pathology and facilitate comprehension of diagnostic techniques. The book is organized into three main sections enabling radiologists, residents, and sonographers with various levels of expertise to rapidly locate topics of interest. Basic Course: * Provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of breast ultrasound, equipment selection, and standard protocols for the examination * Reviews sonographic anatomy of the breast and axilla * Describes approaches to interpreting and managing common benign and malignant lesions * Includes a new chapter dedicated to the American College of Radiology's Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) that presents the lexicon and categories for feature analysis and quality assurance Intermediate Course: * Presents guidelines on how to use feature analysis in analyzing lesion findings * Discusses the complementary roles of ultrasound, mammography, and the clinical evaluation * Addresses a different pathological condition in each chapter * Features high-quality images as well as diagnostic checklists that apply the BI-RADS feature categories of shape, margins, boundaries, echo patterns, and effects on the surrounding tissue, enabling the clinician to perceive patterns associated with specific abnormalities and to arrive at interpretations that lead to appropriate patient management plans Advanced Course: * Presents the latest information about image-guided intervention for diagnosis, preoperative breast cancer staging, post-treatment follow-up, and advanced or investigational ultrasound technologies, such as 3D/4D ultrasound, real-time compound scanning, harmonics, wide field-of-view, Doppler techniques, and elastography