Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors

Filip M. Vanhoenacker

ISBN 10: 3319466771 / ISBN 13: 9783319466774

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Mär 2017, 2017

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Neuware -This richly illustrated book, in an extensively revised new edition, provides a comprehensive survey of the role of medical imaging studies in the detection, staging, grading, tissue characterization, and post-treatment follow-up of soft tissue tumors. The indications for and relative merits of various imaging modalities are fully described, with particular emphasis on the role of advanced MRI techniques that can improve diagnostic accuracy and evaluation of treatment response. The most recent version of the WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumors is introduced, and individual chapters are devoted to imaging of each of the tumor groups in that classification as well as other soft tissue masses. Numerous new illustrations of both common and rare tumors are included, providing a rich pictorial database of soft tissue masses. In addition, imaging findings are correlated with clinical, epidemiologic, and histologic data. Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors will be of value in daily practice not only for radiologists but also for orthopedic surgeons, oncologists, and pathologists.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 688 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Mär 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319466771
• ISBN 13: 9783319466774
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 40D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 40 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1625 grams

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Synopsis

This richly illustrated book, in an extensively revised new edition, provides a comprehensive survey of the role of medical imaging studies in the detection, staging, grading, tissue characterization, and post-treatment follow-up of soft tissue tumors. The indications for and relative merits of various imaging modalities are fully described, with particular emphasis on the role of advanced MRI techniques that can improve diagnostic accuracy and evaluation of treatment response. The most recent version of the WHO Classification of Soft Tissue Tumors is introduced, and individual chapters are devoted to imaging of each of the tumor groups in that classification as well as other soft tissue masses. Numerous new illustrations of both common and rare tumors are included, providing a rich pictorial database of soft tissue masses. In addition, imaging findings are correlated with clinical, epidemiologic, and histologic data.  Imaging of Soft Tissue Tumors will be of value in daily practice not only for radiologists but also for orthopedic surgeons, oncologists, and pathologists.

About the Author

Prof.Dr. Filip M. Vanhoenacker, Dept. of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium 

Prof. Dr. Paul M Parizel, Edegem, Belgium

Prof. Dr. Jan Gielen, Dept. of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium