FUNDAMENTALS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION LUNG CT: COMMON FINDINGS, COMMON PATTERNS, COMMON DISEASES, AND DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS

SECTION 1—HRCT FINDINGS
1. HRCT Indications, Technique, Radiation Dose, and Normal Anatomy
2. Reticular Opacities
3. Nodular Lung Disease
4. Increased Lung Attenuation: Ground Glass Opacity and Consolidation
5. Decreased Lung Attenuation: Emphysema, Mosaic Perfusion, and Cystic Lung Disease
SECTION 2—SPECIFIC DISEASES
6. Airways Diseases
7. Pulmonary Vascular Diseases
8. Pulmonary Edema, Diffuse Alveolar Damage, The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, And Pulmonary Hemorrhage
9. The Interstitial Pneumonias
10. Connective Tissue Disease
11. Smoking Related Lung Disease
12. Sarcoidosis
13. Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis And Eosinophilic Lung Disease
14. Pulmonary Infections
15. Complications of Medical Treatment: Drug-Induced Lung Disease and Radiation
16. Pneumoconioses
17. Neoplastic And Lymphoproliferative Diseases
18. Rare Diseases

Fundamentals of High Resolution Lung CT presents a simple and concise approach to the HRCT diagnosis of diffuse lung disease. Using a clear, reader-friendly approach, the book presents the fundamental insights and facts necessary to interpret HRCT in any clinical setting.
The text and illustrations highlight the most essential rules, reasoning, shortcuts, and differential diagnostic techniques used in daily clinical practice. Readers will find it an excellent guide to improving the HRCT assessment of commonly encountered lung disease.

Improve the way you diagnose lung disease!
• Nearly 600 high-quality full-color illustrations improve diagnostic accuracy by detailing the radiographic features of common lung diseases as they appear on HRCT.
• Straightforward but comprehensive discussions detail HRCT findings and patterns, and their applications to the diagnosis of lung disease.
• Disease-specific coverage makes essential facts easy to find and apply.
• Availability in e-book and tablet format lets readers access critical content any time, from their handheld reader or tablet device.

Author
W. Richard Webb MD. Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA