For many years now, high-resolution CT has been an indispensable tool in the evaluation of patients with suspected diffuse pulmonary disease. Today, owing to continuous technical improvements and in particular the introduction of multidetector CT, very detailed images of the lung can be obtained in every patient undergoing chest CT. As a consequence, interpretation of the findings requires good knowledge and understanding of the CT signs of the other more common pulmonary diseases. Importantly, understanding the CT features of lung disease is as important as knowing them, and is mandatory if discussions between radiologists, clinicians and pathologists are to prove fruitful.

In "Computed Tomography of the Lung: a Pattern Approach", the appearance and distribution patterns of lung diseases are described and explained, and are used as the basis for discussion of differential diagnosis. In the first part of the book, the four main appearance patterns of lung disease - nodular, linear, and increased and decreased lung attenuation - are described with the help of many colour drawings and high-quality illustrations. This approach will enable the reader to recognise and understand these patterns and to interpret them in order to reach a diagnosis. In the second part, many typical cases are shown which will assist the reader in applying what was learned in the first part.

This concise, easy to use and didactic book will help the radiologist in training to learn and understand the CT features of lung disease and is also recommended to more experienced specialists wishing to update their knowledge in the field.

Autorentext

Curriculum vitae Johny A. Verschakelen

Professor of Radiology Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Senior staff member, responsible for chest radiology at the department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven.

Founding member, member of the Board and Past President of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging.

Member of the Board and General Secretary of the Belgian Radiological Society.

Member of the Fleischner Society, the Society of Thoracic Imaging, the European Respiratory Society, the ECR and the RSNA.

Reviewer of several journals.

He has a widespread interest in all aspects of chest radiology, with a particular interest in CT of the lungs.

Invited lecturer worldwide on many aspects of chest radiology.

Author and co-author of about 100 scientific publications in international journals and books.

Zusammenfassung

As a result of the introduction of multidetector CT, very detailed images of the lungs can be obtained in every patient undergoing chest CT. Interpretation of the findings requires good knowledge and understanding of the CT signs of all the more common pulmonary diseases. In the first part of the book, the main appearance patterns of lung disease are described with the help of many colour drawings and high-quality illustrations. This approach will enable the reader to recognise these patterns and to interpret them in order to reach a diagnosis. In the second part, many typical cases are shown which will assist the reader in applying what was learned in the first part. This concise, easy to use and didactic book will help the radiologist in training to learn and understand the CT features of lung disease and is also recommended to more experienced specialists wishing to update their knowledge in the field.

Inhalt
Basic Anatomy and CT of the Normal Lung.- How to Approach CT of the Lung?.- Increased Lung Attenuation.- Decreased Lung Attenuation.- Nodular Pattern.- Linear Pattern.- Case Study.