International Classification of HRCT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases

Yukinori Kusaka, Kurt G. Hering, John E. Parker4431239243, 9784431239246, 9784431275121

Many international experts collaborated in creating this groundbreaking work, a principal-coding system, and in developing reference films and imaging parameters for the International Classification of HRCT for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases . The book is an authoritative guide to the recognition of dust diseases of the lung, using radiological imaging techniques, with special emphasis on high-resolution computerized tomography (CT). The classification is a powerful, essential tool for recording patient data on CT in a globally standardized semiquantitative way. The system is also applicable to surveillance and screening for occupational and environmental respiratory diseases. With the accompanying CD-ROM containing all the reference films, readers can easily interpret clinical data. The book is a valuable resource not only for radiologists but for all who work in occupational medicine and public health.