Radiology 101: The Basics and Fundamentals of Imaging

Author: William E. Erkonen
Published: January 2005
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN: 0781751985
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 352

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Radiology 101 will provide you with the groundwork for understanding the role of imaging in disease diagnosis. With a special emphasis on normal radiologic anatomy, Radiology 101 will help you confidently learn to recognize the radiologic manifestations of common modalities including CT, MRI, ultrasound, and mammography and proceeds to cover the fundamentals of image evaluation by each organ system in a logical, step-by-step manner. For quick review or reference, each chapter features a Key Points section that outlines the main concepts presented in the chapter. Whether you are a medical student, practicing physician or nurse, physician's assistant or radiologic technologist, Radiology 101 will give a solid working knowledge of the basic principles and practice of radiology. This book is divided into two sections. The first section discusses basic principles of the major imaging modalities and their use and operation. The second section systematically examines the imaging of major organ systems and includes presentations of normal anatomy and commonly encountered pathology. The editor states that the true purpose of this book is to give the reader a ""feel"" for radiologic anatomy and manifestations of some common disease processes. This should enable the reader to request radiologic consultations in an intelligent manner and approach image viewing in an organized manner. The editor's objectives are very worthy, and he certainly succeeds in providing an overview and ""feeling"" for diagnostic imaging. As the title implies, this is an introduction to diagnostic imaging, most useful for medical students. The first section on understanding the different imaging modalities is too abbreviated and incomplete, although the chapter on the rational selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests is very interesting and informative. Each chapter covering different organ systems has an outline at the beginning and a summary of key points at the end. The quality of the photographs is excellent, and there are a few tables listing radiologic findings, differential diagnoses, etc. References are very sparse and generally limited to key standard books. The subject index at the end of the book is complete. The editor and contributors have succeeded in giving the reader an overview of radiologic anatomy and the radiologic manifestations of some common disease processes. Novelline's Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology, 5th Edition (HarvardUniversity Press, 1997) provides a more complete understanding of the formation of the roentgen image and its evaluation. While Juhl's Paul and Juhl's Essentials of Radiologic Imaging (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1998) is certainly more comprehensive, it would not serve as an introduction for a medical student.

Table of Contents
Contributing Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Radiography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Ultrasonography: Basic Principles and Indications 3
2 Interventional Radiology 17
3 Nuclear Imaging 31
4 Mammography 49
5 Decision Making: The Rational Selection and Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests 57
6 Chest 71
7 Pediatric Chest 129
8 Abdomen 145
9 Pediatric Abdomen 179
10 Genitourinary System 193
11 Musculoskeletal System 233
12 Spine and Pelvis 307
13 Brain 353
14 Head and Neck 369
Subject Index 379

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