Brachytherapy: Techniques and Evidences

Brachytherapy_ Techniques and Evidences 1st Edition-1

Yasuo Yoshioka • Jun Itami Masahiko Oguchi • Takashi Nakano Editors 2019 Brachytherapy has a long history since the discovery of radium-226 by Marie Curie in 1898 and its introduction to the cancer treatment in France in 1901. Already in 1913, the clinical results of brachytherapy in cervical cancer surpassed the results obtained through Wertheim’s […]

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Pain Imaging

Pain Imaging 1st Edition-1

Editors: Maria Assunta Cova, Fulvio Stacul 2019 A Clinical-Radiological Approach to Pain Diagnosis Pain can be a major clinical challenge. Its correct assessment is often related to a careful analysis of the patient history, to an accurate physical examination, to the evaluation of laboratory data, and to an appropriate referral to diagnostic imaging. This book […]

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Imaging Biomarkers

Imaging Biomarkers Development and Clinical Integration 1st Edition-1

Editors: Luis Martí-Bonmatí, Angel Alberich-Bayarri 2017 Development and Clinical Integration This book started so many years ago. On those times, most researchers on medical imaging were involved in how to obtain the best images to achieve accurate diagnosis in clinical medicine. Detecting lesions and knowing the nature of what was found and how these findings […]

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CT of the Heart

CT of the Heart 2nd Edition-1

Editor U. Joseph Schoepf 2019 More than a decade has passed since the publication of the first edition of CT of the Heart. And what a ride it’s been since then! From the perch of today’s technology, with lightning-fast acquisition speeds and temporal resolution, massive tube power, yet gentle techniques, the evolution could not have […]

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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2nd Edition-1

Editors: Raymond Y. Kwong, Michael Jerosch-Herold, Bobak Heydari 2019 Since the successful invention three decades ago of the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system by Damadian et al. for cancer diagnosis, the medical use of MRI has become an essential component in the diagnosis and management of patients with a wide range of diseases. Extensive hardware […]

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Toxicities of Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer. Risks and Management Strategies

Toxicities of Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer 1st Edition-1

Editor Jean L. Wright 2019 As a physician, I have always been interested in how to balance the risk of toxicity related to our treatment recommendations versus the potential benefits. In breast cancer, in particular, I found that this risk-benefit assessment plays into almost every treatment decision and that “gray zone” cases, where there is […]

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