Books in the The Clinics: Radiology series

Focuses on the minimally invasive, and image-guided therapies. This title includes guidelines for patient assessment and selection, choices of pharmaceuticals and materials commonly used. It discusses common procedures such as biopsy, epidural steroid injection and vertebroplasty (or balloon assisted vertebroplasty).

Angiography is a minimally invasive medical test that helps physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions. More and more physicians have been using Magnetic Resonance Angiography due to the fact that it is a noninvasive imaging technique that does not involve exposure to radiation. This title explores MRA.

Presents an exploration of multiple sclerosis. This book features such topics as High-field MRI, and relaxation times.

Reviews the diseases that affect the airways. This book covers airway anatomy and variants, congenital anomalies of airways, and CT-bronchoscopic correlations.

Provides an overview of neoplasms of the CNS, liver, chest, kidneys, pancreas, and adrenal glands commonly discovered during radiologic examinations. This title also provides a framework for understanding the legal implications and cost considerations involved for radiologists.

Positron emission tomography (PET) has been approved for the diagnosis and staging of gynecologic malignancies. This issue reviews the imaging of cervical, uterine, and endometrial cancers. It includes articles on the uses of PET/CT for imaging normal and abnormal anatomy, as well as gynecologic imaging using other modalities.

Presents the use of PET imaging in the diagnosis, staging, and follow up of melanoma. This title provides a glimpse into the future through a review of radionuclide tracers.

Endocrine imaging is covered extensively in this issue of Radiologic Clinics. Articles will include: Thyroid Ultrasound, Part 1: Technique and Diffuse Disease; Thyroid Ultrasonography, Part 2: Nodules; Thyroid: Nuclear Medicine Update; Thyroid Cytology: Challenges in the Pursuit of Low-Grade Malignancies; Diagnosis and Treatment of Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma; Thyroid Carcinoma: The Surgeon¿s Perspective; Imaging Surveillance of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer; Parathyroid Imaging; Adrenal Imaging: From Addison to Algorithms; Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors; Imaging of the Pituitary, and more!

This issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Kathleen L. Davenport, will discuss a number of important topics in Dance Medicine. This issue of one of four issues selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Santos Martinez. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: Rehabilitation of the Dancer, Access to Healthcare Among Dancers, Dry Needling and Acupuncture, Nutrition Periodization in Dancers, Choreography Specific Cross Training for Dancers, Mental and Physical Resilience in Dancers, Pointe Readiness Screening, Dancers with Disabilities, Special Considerations for the Growing Dancer, Supplemental Training in Dance: Systematic Review, Concussions in Dancers and Other Performing Artists, and Nutritional Concerns for the Artistic Athlete.

In this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics Guest Editor Santos Martinez brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Non-Spine Ablation Procedures. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as Thoraco-abdominal Ablation, Sacroiliac Ablation Techniques, Ankle-Foot Ablation Procedures, and more. Provides in-depth, clinical reviews on Non-Spine Ablation Procedures, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field; Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews. Contains 16 relevant, practice-oriented topics including Science of Radiofrequency Ablation; Cranio-Facial Conditions and Ablation; Less Common Pelvic Ablation Procedures; and more.

Reviews migraine and other primary headaches. This book covers such topics as the epidemiology, burden and co morbidities of migraine; pathophysiology of migraine; transient neurologic dysfunction in migraine; and, diagnostic testing for migraine and other primary headaches. It is suitable for neurologists and primary care physicians.