Hongjun Li – Radiology of Infectious Diseases (2 Volumes, 2015)

Автор: Hongjun Li
Название книги: Radiology of Infectious Diseases (2 Volumes, 2015)
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Медицина
Страницы: 1084
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This book provides a comprehensive overview of diagnostic imaging in infectious diseases. It starts with a general review of infection diseases, including their classification, characteristics and epidemiology. In separate chapters, the authors then introduce the radionuclide imaging of 50 kinds of infectious diseases. Volume 1 covers 21 viral infections. Volume 2 has 29 chapters discussing 24 bacterial infections and 5 parasitic infections. Each disease is clearly illustrated using cases combined with high-quality computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The book provides a valuable reference source for radiologists and doctors working in the area of infectious diseases.

Changes of the environment and human behaviors greatly impact on the occurrence and prevalence
of infectious diseases, with manifestations of continual emerging of new infectious diseases
and resurgence of traditional infectious diseases. All these pose threats to human health.
Since the common cause of deaths induced by infectious diseases is closely pertinent to the
development of complications, early diagnosis of these complications proves key to prolonging
the survival and improving the survival quality of patients with infectious diseases as well
as intervention assessment. Moreover, radiology constitutes an important way for the diagnosis
and differential diagnosis of the complications, which remains as a key procedure in the
prevention and control of infectious diseases. Therefore, the lack of systematic theories about
radiology of infectious diseases and the urgency for its clinical application underpin the compilation
of this book.
Currently, studies for systematic theories on clinical radiology of the 39 legitimated and
over 10 other infectious diseases are still rare. No classical blue-cover treatise, Radiology of
Infectious Diseases , has been published to guide the clinical practice. Due to the characteristic
transient prevalence or outbreak of infectious diseases, the previous sporadic data on radiology
of infectious diseases has been either lost or scattered, which further necessitates their collection,
summarization, and systematic studies for compilation of a comprehensive treatise. It is
therefore urgent to incorporate relevant resources across the whole nation and even across the
world for multiple-centered studies for the compilation of a landmark book on radiology of
infectious diseases. Such a book will defi nitely help to avoid the embarrassing shortage of
referential data in the cases of resurgence of traditional infectious diseases.
Since 1998, the authors have been dedicated to radiology of infectious diseases. Till now,
they have accumulated and analyzed large quantities of fi rsthand data and abundant clinical
and research experience, which bear consecutive publications from 2006 to 2013. His published
treatises, Atlas of Differential Diagnosis In HIV/AIDS (PMPH Press, Beijing), Radiology
of Infl uenza A (H1N1) (Springer Press), and Radiology of HIV/AIDS (Springer Press), have
been supported by the national publishing foundation for scientifi c and technological treatises.
The books have been offi cially listed into the program for the international publication planning
in biomedicine by the Ministry of Health in China. The nondegree curriculum for diagnostic
imaging of infections and infectious diseases has been approved as a national continuing
education program by the Chinese Medical Association for 5 years since 2008. Radiology of
Infectious Diseases encapsulates clinical application and basic research in the fi eld of radiology
of infectious diseases, which fi lls the blank in systematic theories about radiology of infectious
diseases and further develops the theoretical system of medical radiology. The publication
of this book is therefore signifi cant in preventing and controlling human infectious diseases.
The book is about relevant theoretic researches of the complication spectrum of infectious
diseases regarding their radiological fi ndings, clinical managements, pathogens, pathology,
and anatomy. The book is composed of 3 parts, including 59 chapters in about 2 million bytes.
The detailed case descriptions, data, and 3000 high-quality fi gures demonstrate the recent
development of the fi eld to readers. Several chapters and sections incorporate registrations of
morphological and molecular imaging, which include extended data for the imaging diagnosis.
The book will defi nitely facilitate the early diagnosis of infectious diseases, especially their early noninvasive diagnosis with standardized technological guidelines and practical clinical
routes. In addition, the book incorporates format styles of both Chinese and Western books,
which highlights key points with brief arguments, citations from classics, as well as text along
with abundant pictures. The book also includes large quantities of classical cases, which is
highly practical and consultative for medical professionals of advanced, intermediate, and
junior level. Many rare and precious images from clinical cases are seldom encountered in
clinical practice or might be omitted due to misdiagnosis. Some imaging data are rarely found
in China which are therefore cited from relevant foreign literature. These data enriches the
content of this book. As most of the imaging data are presented for the fi rst time, we hope this
book provides readers a refreshing perspective for expertise.
To complete this book, we have set up an advisory committee and an experts committee for
scientifi c design and penetrating argumentation. The composition of this book has spanned
over 4 years from its outline design and writing training to the fi nished manuscript, which
ultimately passed the peer-reviewing procedures by People’s Medical Publishing House and
has been published as a practical blue-cover treatise. Meanwhile, the author received invitation
for its international publication by Germany Springer Press. After the signing of the transfer of
copyright, its English version is to be published. Therefore, the editorial board has committed
tremendous endeavors to the book, with 3 trainings on composition standards. In addition, a
total of 63 medical institutions and 213 professionals contributed to the manuscript compilation,
data collection, and case elaboration. Several professionals were pointed to specifi cally
organize auditing, modifi cation, and supplementation. As designers, advocators, and participants,
I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to all the scholars and professionals who
signifi cantly contributed to the compilation of this book. I would also like to extend my sincere
thanks to the senior radiologists such as academician Yuqing Liu, academician Jianping Dai
(American Academy of Medical Sciences), Prof. Ji Qi, Prof. Qiyong Guo, Prof. Xiaoyuan
Feng, Prof. Ke Xu, Prof. Guozhen Zhang, Prof. Xiangsheng Xiao, Prof. Jiaxing Xu, Prof.
Jingxia Xie, and Prof. Daqing Ma for their persistent devotion to the fi eld of radiology of infectious
diseases. I would also like to thank the nationwide team and the team at the Department
of Radiology, Beijing You’an Hospital, Capital Medical University, for their efforts and persistent
contributions. Especially, I bestow my thanks to Ning Li, president of Beijing You’an
Hospital of Capital Medical University, and other hospital leaders for their substantial supports.
My thanks also go to those contributors for the publication and compilation of this book.
Academician Yuqing Liu, a forerunner in the fi eld of radiology in China, is really excited at
witnessing the serial publications of the treatise in both Chinese and English, such as Radiology
of HIV/AIDS and Radiology of Infl uenza A (H1N1) as well as the manuscript of Radiology of
Infectious Diseases , which record and signify the recent advance in medical radiology in China.
He praised that our works marked a new area of medical radiology in China and enriched the
theoretical system of medical radiology. When visiting China in 2011, the president of the British
Science Academy acclaimed that Prof. Hongjun Li and his team at Beijing You’an Hospital had
achieved signifi cant contributions to both the Chinese people and the whole human race.
This book also covers extremely rare and even eliminated infectious diseases, with citations
of pictures from domestic and foreign precious literature. The original authors of these citations
have been identifi ed, and we have requested for citations by written letters or e-mails.
Hereby, I would like to express my sincere thanks to these authors for their approval and support.
In light of the spread and sporadic prevalence of H7N9, this treatise will provide another
powerful weapon for the battle against infectious diseases and will play a mighty role in eradicating
infectious diseases that endanger human health.
There defi nitely exist some errors in this book. Your kindly comments are highly appreciated
for the improvement of this book.