This new edition provides a comprehensive textbook on diagnostic imaging of the canine and feline thorax. The Manual includes dedicated sections on the principles of thoracic imaging interpretation and individual body systems, clearly structured for information retrieval. High-quality images and illustrations demonstrate normal radiographic appearance and abnormalities associated with disease. The second edition adds new scientific knowledge, mainly gained in CT and MRI including knowledge that can be applied to radiographic interpretation, still the most widely used imaging modality for this body system.
Table of Contents
List of contributors iv
Foreword v
Preface vi
1 Basics of thoracic radiography and radiology 1
Ian Porter
2 Basics of thoracic ultrasonography 22
Gabriela Seiler, Joanna Dukes-McEwan and Lorrie Gaschen
3 Basics of thoracic computed tomography 78
Tobias Schwarz
4 Basics of thoracic magnetic resonance imaging 84
Maurizio Longo and Anthony Fischetti
5 Basics of thoracic nuclear medicine 90
Federica Morandi
6 Practical applications of artificial intelligence in thoracic radiology 97
Neil Shaw, Ben van Klinken and Tobias Schwarz
7 Basics of thoracic image interpretation 102
Peter Scrivani and Tobias Schwarz
8 Thoracic boundaries 132
Stacy Cooley and Peter Scrivani
9 The heart and great vessels 172
Joanna Dukes-McEwan
10 The mediastinum 276
Elizabeth Baines and Karine Gendron
11 The pleural space 326
Mairi Frame and Alison King
12 The lungs 356
Peter Scrivani, Tobias Schwarz and Tiziana Liuti
Index 357
