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General Radiologic Considerations

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An in-depth discussion of radiologic techniques for the evaluation of the mediastinum is beyond the scope of this book, which has as its main objective the development of radiologic correlations with mediastinal anatomy and pathology. A brief discussion is included for the sake of completeness. For a more thorough review of this topic the reader is referred to the works of Berne et al. [9], Felson [29], and Fraser and Pare [31].

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