Book Description
This concise integrated handbook looks at all available imaging methods for head and neck cancer, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each method. The information is provided in a clinical context and will guide radiologists as to the information the clinician actually needs when managing a patient with head and neck cancer. It will also provide the clinician with the advantages and limitations of imaging. The text therefore deals with Ultrasound, CT and MRI. The initial chapters aim to give the reader a core knowledge, which can be used in imaging by the various methods described. The subsequent chapters are directed towards clinical problems and deal with the common cancers in a logical order.
Book Info
Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China. A practical guide to head and neck radiology for clinicians and trainee radiologists. Introduces the most common modalities used for imaging the head and neck including basic concepts of techniques and essential anatomy. Also addresses cancers in the head and neck with relevant clinical management.
Imaging of Head and Neck Cancer FROM THE PUBLISHER
This practical, concise and integrated textbook has been written by an international, multidisciplinary team of expert authors and examines all available imaging methods for head and neck cancer, highlighting the key strengths and weaknesses of each method. Information is given a clinical context throughout, and the practical emphasis of the book aims to guide radiologists to an understanding of vital concepts and practical methodologies that will enable them to focus on the information a clinician actually needs when managing a patient with head and neck cancer. It also provides the clinician and surgeon with useful background information and summaries of the advantages and limitations of imaging, which will be invaluable as they work alongside the radiologist to manage patients most effectively. The book is divided into two main sections. The initial chapters provide the reader with a core knowledge of the most commonly used imaging methods in the head and neck: ultrasound, CT, MRI and PET. Subsequent chapters are directed towards individual clinical problems and deal with the common cancers of the head and neck. Trainee and practicing radiologists at all levels of experience, ENT physicians, surgeons and oncologists.