BSAVAManualofCanineandFelineThoracicImaging

Thismanualisthesecondinthediagnosticimagingseries.Itbeginsbyprovidingthereaderwithagroundinginthevariousimagingmodalities:radiography,ultrasonography,computedtomography,magneticresonanceimaging,nuclearmedicineandinterventionalradiologicalprocedures.Thesecondsectionisdevotedtotheindividualbodysystemsandincludeschaptersdedicatedtotheheartandmajorvessels,thelungs,themediastinum,thepleuralspaceandthethoracicboundaries.Toaidthereaderwithinformationretrieval,eachanatomicalregionisapproachedinthefollowingway:radiographicanatomyandvariations;interpretiveprinciples;anddiseases.Informationondiseasesisfurthersubdividedintosectionscoveringradiographicfindingsandtheresultsandinterpretationofotherimagingstudies.Eachofthechaptersisaccompaniedbyawealthofimages,demonstratingboththenormalradiographicappearanceofstructuresandtheabnormalitiesassociatedwithdisease.Speciallycommissionedillustrationsprovideanextradimension.