Evidence-Based Imaging: Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
1 Principles of Evidence-Based Imaging....Pages 3-17
2 Critically Assessing the Literature: Understanding Error and Bias....Pages 19-26
3 Radiation Risk from Medical Imaging: A Special Need to Focus on Children....Pages 27-41
4 The Economic and Regulatory Impact of Evidence-Based Medicine on Radiology....Pages 43-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
5 Breast Imaging....Pages 61-88
6 Imaging of Lung Cancer....Pages 89-107
7 Imaging-Based Screening for Colorectal Cancer....Pages 109-126
8 Imaging of Brain Cancer....Pages 127-146
9 Imaging in the Evaluation of Patients with Prostate Cancer....Pages 147-163
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
10 Neuroimaging in Alzheimer Disease....Pages 167-182
11 Neuroimaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke....Pages 183-198
12 Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease and Stroke....Pages 199-215
13 Neuroimaging for Traumatic Brain Injury....Pages 217-243
14 Neuroimaging of Seizures....Pages 245-259
15 Adults and Children with Headaches: Evidence-Based Role of Neuroimaging....Pages 261-275
16 Imaging Evaluation of Sinusitis: Impact on Health Outcome....Pages 277-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
17 Imaging of Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis in Children and Adults....Pages 297-308
18 Imaging for Knee and Shoulder Problems....Pages 309-326
19 Pediatric Fractures of the Ankle....Pages 327-334
20 Imaging of Adults with Low Back Pain in the Primary Care Setting....Pages 335-355
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
21 Imaging of the Spine in Victims of Trauma....Pages 357-368
22 Imaging of Spine Disorders in Children: Dysraphism and Scoliosis....Pages 369-383
Front Matter....Pages 385-385
23 Imaging of the Solitary Pulmonary Nodule....Pages 387-409
24 Cardiac Evaluation: The Current Status of Outcomes-Based Imaging....Pages 411-424
25 Imaging in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 425-438
26 Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease....Pages 439-449
27 Imaging of the Cervical Carotid Artery for Atherosclerotic Stenosis....Pages 451-464
28 Blunt Injuries to the Thorax and Abdomen....Pages 465-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
29 Imaging of Appendicitis in Adult and Pediatric Patients....Pages 481-489
30 Imaging in Non-appendiceal Acute Abdominal Pain....Pages 491-500
31 Intussusception in Children: Diagnostic Imaging and Treatment....Pages 501-514
32 Imaging of Infantile Hypertrophic Pyloric Stenosis....Pages 515-525
33 Imaging of Biliary Disorders: Cholecystitis, Bile Duct Obstruction, Stones, and Stricture....Pages 527-551
34 Hepatic Disorders: Colorectal Cancer Metastases, Cirrhosis, and Hepatocellular Carcinoma....Pages 553-569
35 Imaging of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children....Pages 571-591
36 Imaging of Nephrolithiasis and Its Complications in Adults and Children....Pages 593-607
37 Urinary Tract Infection in Infants and Children....Pages 609-633
38 Current Issues in Gynecology: Screening for Ovarian Cancer in the Average Risk Population and Diagnostic Evaluation of Postmenopausal Bleeding....Pages 635-648
39 Imaging of Female Children and Adolescents with Abdominopelvic Pain Caused by Gynecological Pathologies....Pages 649-658
40 Imaging of Boys with an Acute Scrotum: Differentiation of Testicular Torsion from Other Causes....Pages 659-667
Back Matter....Pages 669-680