M Prabakaran BSc MBBS DMRD MD (Radiology)
Director and Professor Barnard Institute of Radiology Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Formerly: Professor and Head Department of Radiology and Imageology Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Co-Author B Natrajan BSc MBBS DMRD Assistant Professor Department of Radiology and Imageology Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Foreword Saradha Suresh
Jitendar P Vij
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Diagnostic Atlas of Pediatric Imaging: Chest and Mediastinum
© 2010, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
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5Dedicated to
My parents, wife and to my sons
Dr M Prabakaran
To my teachers, parents, wife and children
7Foreword
The authors of Diagnostic Atlas of Pediatric Imaging: Chest and Mediastinum have collected very interesting plain skiagram, USG images, CT and MR images during the last few years chest and mediastinum-related illnesses.
I know Prof Dr M Prabakaran and his assistant Prof B Natrajan are most experienced Pediatric Radiologists from the Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, the biggest and premier pediatric institute in South Asia.
The authors have combined their rich experience together in collecting the interesting images for this publication which is meant for radiologists, pediatricians and pediatric surgeons and for all residents in these fields. This book contains good illustrations of variety of diseases and each illustration has a relevant short text.
Congratulations and best wishes to the authors and publishers for bringing out this book.
Dr Saradha Suresh
MD PhD FRCP(Glas)
Director and Superintendent
Institute of Child Health and Hospital for
9Preface
The present book is the outcome of our experience as Pediatric Radiologists. The salient features of this book include images and key points, and attractive student friendly layout. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all my friends and colleagues for all the assistance and critical comments during the preparation of this book.
We are very grateful to Dr MVK Shetty, Dr Panchatcharam and Dr Elizabeth John.
We thank our family members for the support provided during the preparation of the book.
M Prabakaran
B Natrajan