Author: Karthikeyan D

This book is a practical guide to performing and interpreting imaging studies of the chest. The book is thoroughly illustrated, designed for easy reference. The first section the book reviews the fundamentals of high-resolution CT and presents chest CT protocols along with anatomy. The second section provides an overview of focal and diffuse lung disease. The third section presents succinct, key facts about all commonly encountered pathologic entities, along with representative images and explanatory captions arranged in alphabetical order. All relevant findings of various thoracic diseases are compiled in a way to formulate a reasonable differential diagnosis in combination with relevant clinical features to guide the pulmonology and radiology residents in day-to-day practice.