Introductory Head & Neck Imaging

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

• Imaging techniques in head and neck imaging
• Radiographic anatomy and pathology of the temporal bone
  • Normal CT and MRI anatomy of the temporal bone
• Temporal bone pathology
• Imaging of the orbit
• Imaging of the paranasal sinuses
• Diseases of the nasopharynx
• Imaging of the masticator and parapharyngeal spaces
  • Part I: The masticator space
  • Part II: The parapharyngeal space
• Radiographic anatomy and pathology of the oral cavity
• Oropharynx
• Diseases of the parotid gland
• Perineural disease in the head and neck
• Imaging evaluation of cervical lymph nodes
• The larynx and the hypopharynx
• Carotid, prevertebral and perivertebral spaces
  • Retropharyngeal space
  • Perivertebral space
• Vascular lesions of the head and neck
• Diseases of the thyroid gland
• Introduction to radiation oncology

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