Evidence-based imaging
Subtitle: optimizing imaging in patient care
By: edited by L. Santiago Medina, C. Craige Blackmore.
Contributors: Medina, L. Santiago.; Blackmore, Christopher Craig.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 581
Subjects: Diagnostic imaging; Evidence-based medicine; Diagnostic Imaging; Evidence-Based Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Principles of evidence-based imaging.; title: Critically assessing the literature: understanding error and bias.; title: Breast imaging.; title: Imaging of lung cancer.; title: Imaging-based screening for colorectal cancer.; title: Imaging of brain cancer.; title: Imaging in the evaluation of patients with prostate cancer.; title: Neuroimaging in Alzheimer disease.; title: Neuroimaging in acute ischemic stroke.; title: Adults and children with headache: evidence-based role of neuroimaging.; title: Neuroimaging of seizures.; title: Imaging evaluation of sinusitis: impact on health outcome.; title: Neuroimaging for traumatic brain injury.; title: Imaging of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children and adults.; title: Imaging for knee and shoulder problems.; title: Imaging of adults with low back pain in the primary care setting.; title: Imaging of the spine in victims of trauma.; title: Imaging of spine disorders in children: dysraphism and scoliosis.; title: Cardiac evaluation: the current status of outcomes-based imaging.; title: Aorta and peripheral vascular disease.; title: Imaging of the cervical carotid artery for atherosclerotic stenosis.; title: Imaging in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism.; title: Imaging of the solitary pulmonary nodule.; title: Blunt injuries to the thorax and abdomen.; title: Imaging in acute abdominal pain.; title: Intussusception in children: diagnostic imaging and treatment.; title: Imaging of biliary disorders: cholecystitis, bile duct obstruction, stones, and stricture.; title: Hepatic disorders: colorectal cancer metastases, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma.; title: Imaging of nephrolithiasis, urinary tract infections, and their complications.; title: Current issues in gynecology: screening for ovarian cancer in the average risk population and diagnostic evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding.