Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Incidental Findings: Definition of the Concept -- Chapter 2 Incidental Findings – Ethical Aspects -- Chapter 3 Medicolegal aspects and informed consent -- Part II IFs in population based imaging / reseach setting -- Chapter 4 Technical Prerequisites of Population-Based Imaging -- Part III Handling / Management of IFs in different countries / population based studies -- Chapter 5 SHIP -- Chapter 6 Management of Incidental Findings in the German National Cohort -- Chapter 7 UK Biobank -- Chapter 8 Management of incidental findings on neuroimaging in The Rotterdam Study -- Chapter 9 Incidental Findings in a Population Based Study Using Cardiac CT Experience from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) -- Chapter 10 Major incidental findings and their handling in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage Study (SCAPIS) -- Part IV Differences between IF in population based imaging and patients -- Chapter 11 Management of Incidental Findings in Patients -- Chapter 12 Categories of IFs / Examples of important Ifs -- Chapter 13 Incidental Findings on Abdominal CT -- Chapter 14 Incidental findings in 18F-FDG PET/CT and PET/MR -- Chapter 15 Incidental Findings in Ultrasound.

This book covers incidental radiological findings (IFs) from different perspectives, provides interesting ethical background information, highlights the differences between IFs in clinical routine and during research studies, explains the management of IFs with reference to practices in different countries. The prevalence of IFs is increasing due to the wider use of modern imaging modalities in routine clinical practice and large population-based cohort studies. The reporting of these findings may lead to further diagnostic investigations and treatment and must therefore be handled with knowledge and care. The management of IFs in clinical routine is regulated by the guidelines of the different academic societies, while management in the setting of research studies depends on a variety of factors. In general, IFs must be disclosed to the imaged subject if they are potentially clinically relevant, but subjects must also be protected from the consequences of false positive findings. This book, written by distinguished experts in their fields, discusses all these issues and will be of interest to radiologists, other clinicians, and radiographers/technicians.