Hongjun Li (editor) - Radiology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases - Volume 2: Head and Neck

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Social and economic boom in modern times have changed peoples lifestyle and population mobility. As a result, human subsistence and socio-economic development are increasingly affected by infectious and inflammatory diseases. The document issued by the National Health Commission stresses that all the hospitals at level II and above need to set up an infectious diseases department and an infection control office, to attach the greatest importance to the hazards of infectious diseases on human health. During the past 30 years, the development of medical imaging diagnosis and treatment technologies has greatly boosted the improvement on diagnosis and treatment modes in modern times. Since the modern medicine is highly dependent on medical imaging technologies, the medical imaging is granted an important mission in diagnosis and differential diagnosis of infection and inflammatory diseases.

During long-term clinical practices and scientific researches, my team and I realized that due to the neglect and lack of construction for key discipline system of infection and inflammatory diseases as well as researches on related theory system and specification guidance, the quality and effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment provided for patients have been seriously affected, resulting in the abuse of clinical antibiotics, thus compromising patients health and quality of life and increasing the economic burden on family and society. Based on the above considerations, the Book gathers a number of experts and scholars from the Infectious Diseases Group of the Chinese Society of Radiology, Infection Imaging Professional Committee of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association Radiological Branch, Professional Committee on Radiology of Infection and Inflammation of the Chinese Research Hospital Association, Working Committee on Infection (Infectious Disease) Imaging of Chinese Association of STD & AIDS Prevention and Control; Infectious Disease Imaging Group of Avocation of Infections Disease Hospital and Beijing Imaging Diagnosis and Treatment Technology Innovation Alliance. Clinical resources associated with infection and inflammatory diseases across the nation are integrated and the imaging characteristics and evolution rules of infection and inflammatory disease are summarized herein. Meanwhile, this book has revealed the pathological basis of infections and inflammatory diseases and put forward the essential points of imaging diagnosis and differential diagnosis of infectious and inflammatory diseases. I believe that the series of books will boost the academic development on prevention and control, rational drug use, and radiological diagnosis for infections and inflammatory diseases, thereby helping deliver accurate diagnosis and treatment in clinic.

This series of books systematically introduces the theory of the radiology of infection and inflammation for the first time. The books are divided into six volumes (Brain and Spinal cord, Head and Neck, Heart and Chest, Abdomen and Pelvis, Skeletal Muscle, and Children). It covers four types of pathogens related to infectious diseases (bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites) and inflammatory diseases such as autoimmune diseases.

The set of books is characterized in that: (1) it provides clinically-relevant data for a wide array of diseases ranging from clinically common and frequently occurring diseases to rare infectious and inflammatory diseases; (2) it provides complete data and objective basis of diagnosis, with a focus on the integrity, representativeness, consistency, and authenticity of cases, images and graphics therein; (3) the editors, by virtue of their accumulated clinical experience and practice, contribute most of the data, and some materials adopted herein have been authorized by international peers. By absorbing and quoting the latest research results at home and abroad, this series of books bring readers a refreshing feel both in compilation form and contents.

To ensure the smooth publication of the books, we established an advisory committee and an expert committee, spending over 1 year to accomplish the compilation from outline designing to draft finalizing, while seeking for scientific design and systematic demonstration. The English version will be published simultaneously with the Chinese version by the publisher Springer. The editorial board put a high premium on the compilation of this series and trained members of the editorial board on standardized writing, professional review, and finalization of drafts for several times. In the meantime, the editorial board also assigned specific personnel to engage in the review, revision, and supplement. As the editor-in-chief, I would like to express my cordial thanks for their unremitting efforts. Unfeigned gratitude is also extended to the members of the National Infectious Disease Imaging Group who devoted themselves to the compilation of this book.