Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Thorax Warren B. Gefter Chest radiography is almost always the first imaging study for evaluating known or suspected thoracic disease. Subsequent imaging may include computed…
Positron Emission Tomography in Chest Diseases Perry Gerard Richard L. Wahl Positron emission tomography (PET) is assuming an increasingly important role in the management of thoracic neoplasms. This technology, long…
Radiographic Evaluation of the Lungs and Chest Jack Twersky For the physician interested in diseases of the chest, chest radiography is of paramount importance in detecting a disease process and…
Computed Tomography of the Lungs, Pleura, and Chest Wall Jenny K. Hoang Lacey Washington Wallace T. Miller Jr. Computed tomography (CT) is now firmly established as an indispensable radiologic modality…
Pulmonary Gas Exchange Joan G. Matthews Overview of Gas Exchange At the cellular level and in very simple organisms, oxygen is provided by simple diffusion. In more complex organisms, a…
Lymphatics of the Lungs Thomas W. Shields The lung has an extensive network of lymphatic vessels that are situated in the loose connective tissue beneath the visceral pleura, in the…
Surgical Anatomy of the Lungs Thomas W. Shields Until the mid-twentieth century, the anatomy of the lungs was a little understood and seemingly unimportant subject. With the development of radiographic…
Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Lung Steven J. Mentzer The primary function of the lung is the gas exchange necessary to maintain aerobic metabolism. To sustain an active human…
Ultrastructure and Morphometry of the Human Lung Matthias Ochs Peter H. Burri Joan Gil Ewald R. Weibel Organization of the Lung The application of electron microscopy and quantitative methods in…
Embryology of the Lungs Mala R. Chinoy The field of embryology has contributed critical knowledge to scientific and medical investigations as well as having led to breakthroughs. The history of…
