Introduction The most common interventional procedures in thoracic radiology are drainage of air or fluid collections followed by percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) of lung and mediastinal lesions. Other procedures are placement of localization markers in lung parenchyma to facilitate…
Lung cancer is suitable for screening because of identifiable risk factors that allow targeted screening of high-risk individuals, its significant prevalence, the existence of a preclinical phase, its high morbidity and mortality, and evidence that treatment in early-stage disease is…
Introduction Diffuse lung diseases are often detected and initially evaluated on chest radiographs (CXR). A CXR can provide valuable clues regarding pulmonary pathology such as the lung volume, distribution, and characterization of abnormalities. Radiographs assess lung volumes and distribution of…
▪ Introduction Thoracic interventions are performed for the diagnosis and treatment of focal lesions in the thorax. Image-guided percutaneous biopsy is used to obtain tissue for the diagnosis of benign and malignant conditions. Drainage of fluid or air from the…