Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2018-2021: Diagnostic Imaging - IDKD Book (IDKD Springer Series)

This open access book deals with imaging of the abdomen and pelvis, an area that has seen considerable advances over the past several years, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The respective chapters, written by internationally respected experts in their fields, focus on imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in abdominal and pelvic disease; they cover all relevant imaging modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. As such, the book offers a comprehensive review of the state of the art in imaging of the abdomen and pelvis. It will be of interest to general radiologists, radiology residents, interventional radiologists, and clinicians from other specialties who want to update their knowledge in this area. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Renal Tumors (Lejla Aganovic, Richard H. Cohan)....Pages 1-11 MRI of the Pelvic Floor and MR Defecography (Francesca Maccioni, Celine D. Alt)....Pages 13-20 Benign Disease of the Uterus (Karen Kinkel, Susan M. Ascher, Caroline Reinhold)....Pages 21-33 Therapy Monitoring of Oncologic Disease in the Abdomen (Including PET/CT) (Irene A. Burger, Regina G. H. Beets-Tan)....Pages 35-47 Disease of the Gallbladder and Biliary Tree (Jeong Min Lee, Daniel T. Boll)....Pages 49-56 Pathways for the Spread of Disease in the Abdomen and Pelvis (James A. Brink, Brent J. Wagner)....Pages 57-65 Urogenital Pathologies in Children Revisited (Jeanne S. Chow, Annemieke S. Littooij)....Pages 67-73 Adnexal Diseases (Andrea Rockall, Rosemarie Forstner)....Pages 75-84 Adrenal Imaging (Isaac R. Francis, William W. Mayo-Smith)....Pages 85-90 Diseases of the Upper GI Tract (Richard M. Gore, Marc S. Levine)....Pages 91-98 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Prostate in the PI-RADS Era (Bernd Hamm, Patrick Asbach)....Pages 99-115 Small Bowel Disease (Andrea Laghi, Amy K. Hara)....Pages 117-122 Emergency Radiology of the Abdomen and Pelvis: Imaging of the Non-traumatic and Traumatic Acute Abdomen (Jay P. Heiken, Douglas S. Katz, Yves Menu)....Pages 123-143 Diseases of the Pancreas (Thomas K. Helmberger, Riccardo Manfredi)....Pages 145-156 The Pediatric Gastrointestinal Tract: What Every Radiologist Needs to Know (Emily A. Dunn, Øystein E. Olsen, Thierry A. G. M. Huisman)....Pages 157-166 Diseases of the Colon and Rectum: CT Colonography (C. Dan Johnson, Perry J. Pickhardt)....Pages 167-171 Focal Liver Lesions (Wolfgang Schima, Dow-Mu Koh, Richard Baron)....Pages 173-196 Malignant Diseases of the Uterus (Yulia Lakhman, Caroline Reinhold)....Pages 197-206 Benign Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (incl. CT colonography) (Thomas Mang, Philippe Lefere)....Pages 207-221 Urinary Obstruction, Stone Disease, and Infection (Refky Nicola, Christine O. Menias)....Pages 223-228 Diffuse Liver Disease: Cirrhosis, Focal Lesions in Cirrhosis, and Vascular Liver Disease (Khoschy Schawkat, Caecilia S. Reiner)....Pages 229-236 Imaging of Diffuse and Inflammatory Liver Disease (Pablo R. Ros)....Pages 237-246 Urinary Obstruction, Stone Disease, and Infection (S. O. Schönberg, J. Budjan, D. Hausmann)....Pages 247-255 Imaging of Testicular and Scrotal Masses: The Essentials (Andreas G. Wibmer, Hebert Alberto Vargas)....Pages 257-264

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