Overview
- Offers a comprehensive approach to modern imaging of environmental and occupational diseases of the chest
- Pays particular attention to the role of computed tomography in the detection of early subclinical abnormalities
- Considers new groups of workers at risk of exposure to agents that may cause pneumoconiosis
- Written by internationally acclaimed experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Diagnostic Imaging (Med Radiol Diagn Imaging)
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Basics for Understanding Imaging
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Front Matter
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Responses of the Respiratory System to Inhaled Agents
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Keywords
About this book
The spectrum of occupational and environmental diseases has changed markedly in recent years. New industrial processes have led to the production and use of a wide range of chemicals, metals, and alloys, an increasing number of which have been reported to cause interstitial lung disease in exposed workers. Thus, while the workforce in coal mining and asbestos handling has decreased, new groups of workers are at risk of exposure to agents potentially responsible for pneumoconiosis. This well-illustrated book, written by internationally acclaimed experts, provides a comprehensive approach to modern imaging of environmental and occupational diseases of the chest. The first part of the book addresses the basic knowledge required to understand imaging in this context, while the second focuses on the imaging results achieved in a variety of specific disorders. There is particular emphasis on thin-section computed tomography since this technique facilitates the detection of early subclinical abnormalities.
Reviews
From RAD Magazine, July 2006:
'Nearly all aspects of industrial lung disease pertaining to radiology are included in this encyclopaedic work. The chapters are well laid out with tables and clear illustrations and are well referenced at the end.'
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest
Editors: Paul Vuyst, Pierre Alain Gevenois
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30903-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-21343-7Published: 10 November 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-50014-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-30903-1Published: 25 February 2006
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 302
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Pneumology/Respiratory System, Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine