This book is a comprehensive guide to head and neck imaging for postgraduate trainees, radiologists and ENT surgeons, authored by internationally recognised experts from the University of Toronto. Beginning with an introduction to imaging techniques, the following chapters are organised by anatomical region of the head and neck, including temporal bone, orbit, paranasal sinuses, thyroid and larynx. Each section covers the embryology and anatomy of the region and common pathologic entities and disorders that may affect it. The final chapter discusses radiation oncology, providing an overview of its principles, radiobiology and radiophysics. More than 1120 radiological images, diagrams and tables are included and each section ends with a detailed bibliography for further reading.

Key points

* Comprehensive guide to head and neck imaging

* Sections divided by anatomical region, each covering common pathologies and disorders

* Includes section on radiation oncology

* Internationally recognised, Canadian author team

About the Author

Eugene Yu MD Department of Medical Imaging and Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University Health Network, Mount Sinai Hospital and Women’s College Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Lalitha Shankar MD University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Contents

Chapter 01 Imaging techniques in head and neck
Chapter 02 Radingraphie anatomy and pathology of the temporal bone
Chapter 03 Imaging of the orbit
Chapter 04 Imaging of the paranasal sinuses
Chapter 05 Diseases of the nasopharynx
Chapter 06 Imaging of the mastkator and parapharyngeal spaces
Chapter 07 Rabiographic anatomy and pathology of the oral cavity
Chapter 08 Oropharynx
Chapter 09 Diseases of the parotid gland
Chapter 10 Perineural disease in the head and neck
Chapter 11 jmaging evaluation of cervical lymph nodes
Chapter 12 The larynx and the hypopharynx
Chapter 13 Carotid, prevertebral, and perivertebral spaces
Chapter 14 Vascular lesions of the head and neck
Chapter 15 Diseases of the thyroid gland
Chapter 16 Introduction to radiation oncology