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Imaging of the adrenal gland has made tremendous progress in the last decade as new technologies continue to evolve. Adrenal Imaging highlights the pertinent clinical and pathological information that underpins the accurate interpretation and use of adrenal imaging. Written by a prestigious group of international contributors, individual chapters in Adrenal Imaging serve as a relevant and up-to-date reference of adrenal imaging findings, algorithms and techniques in CT, MR nuclear medicine, intervention and trauma. Summary sections at the end of each chapter illuminate key teaching points to enhance retention.
List of contents
Adrenal Embryology and Pathology.- Adrenocortical Dysfunction.- Adrenal Medullary Dysfunction.- The Adrenals in Oncology.- Adrenal Surgery.- Imaging Adrenal Dysfunction.- Imaging of Pheochromocytomas.- Adrenal Imaging Using Computed Tomography: Differentiation of Adenomas and Metastasis.- MRI of the Adrenal Glands.- Single Photon Imaging of the Adrenal Gland.- PET and PET-CT Imaging of Adrenal Lesions.- Adrenal Trauma and Intervention.- Evolving Functional and Advanced Image Analysis Techniques for Adrenal Lesion Characterization.
Summary
Written by a prestigious group of international contributors, individual chapters in Adrenal Imaging serve as a relevant and up-to-date reference of adrenal imaging findings, algorithms and techniques in CT, MR nuclear medicine, intervention and trauma.
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From the reviews:
“This is a book full of surprises. … the adrenals offer a great number of fascinating pictures. It is just necessary to know how to read them and how to understand them. Everything to learn this and to get skills to understand all secrets of these fascinating picture offers this relatively thinner book to everybody. … the complete text will serve as relevant and up/to/date references of adrenal gland imaging for both radiologists and non-radiologists … .” (Endocrine Regulations, October, 2009)
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From the reviews: "This is a book full of surprises. ... the adrenals offer a great number of fascinating pictures. It is just necessary to know how to read them and how to understand them. Everything to learn this and to get skills to understand all secrets of these fascinating picture offers this relatively thinner book to everybody. ... the complete text will serve as relevant and up/to/date references of adrenal gland imaging for both radiologists and non-radiologists ... ." (Endocrine Regulations, October, 2009)
