Core Radiology: A Visual Approach to Diagnostic Imaging 2nd Edition

Book Preface

Interlobar fissures

• The minor fissure separates the right upper lobe (RUL) from the right middle lobe (RML) and is seen on both the frontal and lateral views as a fi ne horizontal line.
• The major (oblique) fissures are seen only on the lateral radiograph as oblique lines. However, if they are fluid-filled, the major fissures can be seen on the frontal view as concave curvilinear opacities in the lateral hemithorax.

On the right, the major fi ssure separates the RUL and RML from the right lower lobe.
On the left , the major fi ssure separates the left upper lobe (LUL) from the left lower lobe (LLL).

Accessory fissures

• The azygos fissure is an accessory fissure present in less than 1% of patients, seen in the presence of an azygos lobe. Anazygos lobe is an anatomic variant where a portion of the apical right upper lobe is encased in its own parietal and visceral pleura.
• The superior accessory fisure is seen in approximately 5% of patients and separates the superior and basal segments of the right lower lobe.
• The inferior accessory fissure is seen in approximately 12% of patients, more commonly in the right lung, and divides the medial basal segment from the other basal segments.
• The left minor fissure is present in approximately 8% of patients and separates the lingula from the left upper lobe.

CONTENTS
Volume 1
List of contributors vii
Acknowledgements x
1  THORACIC IMAGING 1
Khushboo Jhala, Junzi Shi, and Mark M. Hammer
2  GASTROINTESTINAL IMAGING 95
Cory Robinson-Weiss, Fiona E. Malone, Ellen X. Sun, Junzi Shi, Khushboo Jhala, and
Shanna A. Matalon
3  GENITOURINARY IMAGING 229
Cory Robinson-Weiss, Madhvi Deol, Fiona E. Malone, Khushboo Jhala, Junzi Shi, Ellen X. Sun,
Michael A. Buckner, Jose M. Lopez, Khanant M. Desai, and Daniel Souza
4  OBSTETRICAL IMAGING 324
Ellen X. Sun, Junzi Shi, Robin Perlmutter-Goldenson, and Mary C. Frates
5  BREAST IMAGING 368
Aaron Jen, Ellen X. Sun, and Christine M. Denison
6  NUCLEAR AND MOLECULAR IMAGING 444
Ellen X. Sun, Christopher G. Sakellis, and Hyewon Hyun
7  CARDIAC IMAGING 486
Ellen X. Sun, Junzi Shi, Sharmila Dorbala, Ayaz Aghayev, and Michael L. Steigner
8  VASCULAR IMAGING 539
Junzi Shi, Ellen X. Sun, and Ayaz Aghayev
9  INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY 588
Leigh Casadaban, Colette Martin Glaser, Junzi Shi, Ellen X. Sun, Steven Morales-Rivera,
Sharath Bhagavatula, Regina Maria Koch, and Timothy P. Killoran

CONTENTS
Volume 2
10  NEUROIMAGING: BRAIN 650
Francis Deng, Shruti Mishra, Ellen X. Sun, and Raymond Y. Huang
11  NEUROIMAGING: HEAD AND NECK 753
Francis Deng, Shruti Mishra, Jeffrey P. Guenette, and Raymond Y. Huang
12  SPINE IMAGING 860
Francis Deng, Shruti Mishra, Nityanand Miskin, Ellen X. Sun, Raymond Y. Huang,
and Jacob Mandell
13  MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING 908
Yuntong Ma, and Jacob Mandell
14  PEDIATRIC IMAGING 1084
Ngoc-Anh T. Tran, Ellen X. Sun, Sanjay P. Prabhu, and Michael P. George
15  IMAGING PHYSICS 1195
Junzi Shi, Ellen X. Sun, and Jacob Mandell
Index 1222