Sabine Weckbach — Incidental Radiological Findings

Автор: Sabine Weckbach
Название книги: Incidental Radiological Findings
Формат: PDF
Тема: Лучевая диагностика и терапия (Радиология)
Страницы: 209
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This book covers incidental radiological findings (IFs) from different perspectives, provides interesting ethical background information, highlights the differences between IFs in clinical routine and during research studies, explains the management of IFs with reference to practices in different countries. The prevalence of IFs is increasing due to the wider use of modern imaging modalities in routine clinical practice and large population-based cohort studies. The reporting of these findings may lead to further diagnostic investigations and treatment and must therefore be handled with knowledge and care. The management of IFs in clinical routine is regulated by the guidelines of the different academic societies, while management in the setting of research studies depends on a variety of factors. In general, IFs must be disclosed to the imaged subject if they are potentially clinically relevant, but subjects must also be protected from the consequences of false positive findings. This book, written by distinguished experts in their fields, discusses all these issues and will be of interest to radiologists, other clinicians, and radiographers/technicians.
Table of contents
Incidental Findings: Definition of the Concept
Incidental Findings – Ethical Aspects
Medicolegal Aspects and Informed Consent
Technical Prerequisites of Population-Based Imaging
Management of Incidental Findings in the Study of Health in Pomerania
Management of Incidental Findings in the German National Cohort
Management of Incidental Findings on Multimodal Imaging in UK Biobank
Management of Incidental Findings on Neuroimaging in the Rotterdam Study
Incidental Findings in a Population Based Study Using Cardiac CT: Experience from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)
Incidental Findings and Their Handling in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)
Management of Incidental Findings in Patients
Classification of Incidental Findings
Incidental Findings on Abdominal CT
Incidental Findings in 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MR