• This new edition provides a comprehensive textbook on diagnostic imaging of the canine and feline thorax. The Manual includes dedicated sections on the principles of thoracic imaging interpretation and individual body systems, clearly structured for information retrieval. High-quality images and illustrations demonstrate normal radiographic appearance and abnormalities associated with disease. The second edition adds new scientific knowledge, mainly gained in CT and MRI including knowledge that can be applied to radiographic interpretation, still the most widely used imaging modality for this body system.

  • List of contributors iv

    Foreword v

    Preface vi

    1 Basics of thoracic radiography and radiology 1
    Ian Porter

    2 Basics of thoracic ultrasonography 22
    Gabriela Seiler, Joanna Dukes-McEwan and Lorrie Gaschen

    3 Basics of thoracic computed tomography 78
    Tobias Schwarz

    4 Basics of thoracic magnetic resonance imaging 84
    Maurizio Longo and Anthony Fischetti

    5 Basics of thoracic nuclear medicine 90
    Federica Morandi

    6 Practical applications of artificial intelligence in thoracic radiology 97
    Neil Shaw, Ben van Klinken and Tobias Schwarz

    7 Basics of thoracic image interpretation 102
    Peter Scrivani and Tobias Schwarz

    8 Thoracic boundaries 132
    Stacy Cooley and Peter Scrivani

    9 The heart and great vessels 172
    Joanna Dukes-McEwan

    10 The mediastinum 276
    Elizabeth Baines and Karine Gendron

    11 The pleural space 326
    Mairi Frame and Alison King

    12 The lungs 356
    Peter Scrivani, Tobias Schwarz and Tiziana Liuti

    Index 357

  • Tobias Schwarz:

    Veterinary Radiologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, USA

    Peter V. Scrivani, DVM, DACVR

    Is Associate Professor of Veterinary Imaging at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, New York, USA.

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