Learning radiology : recognizing the basics / William Herring

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents; Video Contents; 1 Recognizing Anything; An Introduction to Imaging Modalities; From Darkness ... Light; Conventional Radiography; The Five Basic Densities; Computed Tomography; Radiation Dose and Safety; Ionizing Radiation in Radiology; Three Fates of Radiation During an Imaging Procedure; Measurements of Radiation; Biological Effects of Radiation; Types of Biological Effects; Cancer Development; Sources of Radiation for Humans. Relative Radiation Doses of Different ModalitiesPractices for Radiation Safety; Special Circumstances; Ultrasonography; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Fluoroscopy; Nuclear Medicine; Conventions Used in This Book; Terminology; Terminology Conventions Used in This Book; Weblink; 2 Recognizing a Technically Adequate Chest Radiograph; Evaluating the Chest Radiograph for Technical Adequacy; Penetration; Inspiration; Rotation; Magnification; Angulation; Weblink; 3 Recognizing Normal Pulmonary Anatomy; The Normal Frontal Chest Radiograph; Normal Pulmonary Vasculature. The Normal Lateral Chest RadiographFive Key Areas on the Lateral Chest X-Ray (see Fig. 3-3 and Table 3-1); The retrosternal clear space; The hilar region; The fissures; The thoracic spine; The diaphragm and posterior costophrenic sulci; The posterior costophrenic angles (posterior costophrenic sulci); Normal CT Anatomy of the Chest; Normal CT Anatomy of the Lungs; The Fissures; Weblink; 4 Recognizing Normal Cardiac Anatomy; Evaluating the Heart on Chest Radiographs; Recognizing a Normal-Sized Heart; The Normal Cardiac Contours; General Principles; Evaluating the Heart on Cardiac CT. Normal Cardiac CT AnatomyFive-Vessel Level (Fig. 4-5); Aortic Arch Level (Fig. 4-6); Aortopulmonary Window Level (Fig. 4-7); Main Pulmonary Artery Level (Fig. 4-8); High Cardiac Level (Fig. 4-9); Low Cardiac Level (Fig. 4-10); Uses of Cardiac CT; CCTA-Normal Anatomy; Cardiac MRI; Normal Cardiac MRI Anatomy; Weblink; 5 Recognizing Airspace versus Interstitial Lung Disease; Classifying Parenchymal Lung Disease; Characteristics of Airspace Disease; Some Causes of Airspace Disease; Characteristics of Interstitial Lung Disease; Some Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease. Predominantly Reticular Interstitial Lung DiseasesPredominantly Nodular Interstitial Diseases; Mixed Reticular and Nodular Interstitial Disease (Reticulonodular Disease); Mixed Airspace and Interstitial Disease; Tuberculosis; Primary Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Postprimary Tuberculosis ("Reactivation TB"); Patterns of Distribution of Postprimary Tuberculosis; Miliary Tuberculosis; Weblink; 6 Recognizing the Causes of an Opacified Hemithorax; Atelectasis of the Entire Lung; Massive Pleural Effusion; Pneumonia of an Entire Lung; Postpneumonectomy; Weblink; 7 Recognizing Atelectasis.