Imaging of the Hand and Wrist Techniques and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Davies, A. Mark. (Editor), Grainger, Andrew J. (Editor), James, Steven J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Medical Radiology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology, Medical.; Orthopedics.; Orthopedic surgery.; Rheumatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Orthopedics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11146-4

In the past, radiographs of the hand have been described as the skeletons calling card , showing manifestations of many different diseases. As hand and wrist imaging has become increasingly sophisticated, this observation has become more true than ever. This is a comprehensive, up-to-date textbook...

Table of Contents:

• TECHNIQUES: Radiography & Arthrography
• Computed Tomography & CT Arthrography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging & MR Arthrography
• Nuclear Medicine
• Ultrasound
• APPLICATIONS: Skeletal Development & Bone Ageing
• Congenital & Developmental Abnormalities
• Hand Trauma
• Wrist & Distal Forearm Trauma
• Carpal Instability
• Nerve Entrapment Syndromes
• Osteonecrosis & Osteochondritis
• Metabolic & Endocrine Disorders
• Arthritis
• Bone & Soft Tissue Infection
• Tumours & Tumour-like Lesions of Bone
• Tumours & Tumour-like Lesions of Soft Tissue
• Miscellaneous Conditions with Manifestations in the Hand
• Postoperative Imaging
• Subject Index.