Pulmonary Infection
Pulmonary Infection Jeffrey S. Klein Infection in the Normal Host The bronchopulmonary system is open to the atmosphere and therefore is relatively accessible to airborne microorganisms. Multiple host defense mechanisms…
Pulmonary Infection Jeffrey S. Klein Infection in the Normal Host The bronchopulmonary system is open to the atmosphere and therefore is relatively accessible to airborne microorganisms. Multiple host defense mechanisms…
Airways Disease Jeffrey S. Klein Trachea and Central Bronchi Congenital Tracheal Anomalies Tracheal agenesis, cartilaginous abnormalities of the trachea, tracheal webs and stenosis, tracheoesophageal fistulas, and vascular rings and slings…
White Matter and Neurodegenerative Diseases Jerome A. Barakos Derk D. Purcell In contrast to gray matter, which contains neuronal cell bodies, white matter is composed of the long processes of…
Lumbar Spine: Disc Disease and Stenosis Clyde A. Helms Imaging Methods Imaging the lumbar spine for disc disease and stenosis has evolved in the past 20 years from predominantly myelography-oriented…
Pulmonary Vascular Disease Curtis E. Green Jeffrey S. Klein Pulmonary Edema Basic Principles. Under normal conditions, the interstitial space of the lung is kept dry by pulmonary lymphatics located within…
Potential Role of Proton Therapy in the Management of Lymphoma Nancy Price Mendenhall Daniel Yeung The radiation doses required to secure local control in lymphomas are in the range of…
Gynecologic Carcinoma Takashi Nakano Yoshiyuki Suzuki Shingo Kato Tatsuya Ohno Thomas F. DeLaney The combination of external beam radiotherapy and intracavitary brachytherapy is considered to be one of the standard…
Gastrointestinal Malignancies Koichi Tokuuye Hirotoshi Kato Shigeru Yamada Tadashi Kamada Yasuyuki Akine Hirohiko Tsujii The presence of dose-limiting hepatic and renal parenchyma, as well as bowel adjacent to the tumor,…