The International Diagnostic Course in Davos (IDKD) offers a unique learning experience for imaging specialists in training as well as for experienced radio- gists and clinicians wishing to be updated on the current state of the art and the latest developments in the fields of imaging and image-guided interventions. This annual course is focused on organ systems and diseases rather than on modalities. This year's program deals with diseases of the abdomen and pelvis. During the course, the topics are discussed in group seminars and in plenary s- sions with lectures by world-renowned experts and teachers. While the seminars present state-of-the-art summaries, the lectures are oriented towards future dev- opments. Accordingly, this Syllabus represents a condensed version of the contents p- sented under the 20 topics dealing with imaging and interventional therapies in - dominal and pelvic diseases. The topics encompass all the relevant imaging mod- ities including conventional X-rays, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, - trasound and magnetic resonance angiography, as well as image-guided interventional techniques. The Syllabus is designed to be an 'aide-mémoire'for the course participants so that they can fully concentrate on the lecture and participate in the discussions without the need of taking notes.

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Written by internationally renowned experts, this volume is a collection of chapters dealing with imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in abdominal and pelvic disease. The different topics are disease-oriented and encompass all the relevant imaging modalities including X-ray technology, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance, as well as image-guided interventional techniques.
The book represents a condensed overview of twenty topics relevant in abdominal and pelvic disease, and is aimed at residents in radiology as well as at experienced radiologists wishing to be updated on the current state-of-the art.

Inhalt
Seminars.- Emergency Radiology of the Abdomen: The Acute Abdomen.- Trauma of the Abdomen and Pelvis I.- Trauma of the Abdomen and Pelvis II.- Variants and Pitfalls in Body Imaging. Abdomen and Pelvis.- An Approach to Imaging the Acute Abdomen in Pediatrics.- Impairments of Swallowing: Diagnosis by Cineradiography.- Diseases of the Esophagus.- Diseases of the Stomach and Duodenum: Basics of Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation.- Small Bowel Imaging.- Essentials and Clinical Applications of CT Enteroclysis.- Imaging of the Colon and Rectum: Inflammatory and Neoplastic Diseases.- CT Colonography.- Imaging of Liver Diseases.- Diseases of the Pancreas, Part I: Pancreatitis.- Diseases of the Pancreas, Part II: Tumors.- Imaging of Diseases of the Bile Ducts and Gallbladder.- Differential Diagnosis of Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts.- Imaging the Adrenal Glands.- Radiologic Approach to Solid and Cystic Renal Masses.- Urinary Tract Obstruction and Infection.- Diseases of the Female Genital Tract I.- Diseases of the Female Genital Tract II.- Imaging of the Male Pelvis.- Spread of Metastatic Disease in the Abdomen.- Abdominal Vascular MRA.- Abdominal Vascular Imaging Including Mesenteric Ischemia.- Abdominal Interventions.- Pediatric Satellite Course Kangaroo.- The Fetal Abdomen: From Normal to Abnormal. From Ultrasound to MR Imaging.- Genitourinary Sonography in the Child.- Intussusception: An Approach to Management.- Imaging the Child with an Abdominal Mass.