Critical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students

Critical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students is an ideal companion for medical students and clinicians, with a focus on medical learning and patient management to support clerkship rotations and internship training.This brand new title delivers comprehensive radiological illustrations of various pathologies on different modalities, guiding the reader through the processes of understanding different imaging techniques, requesting the most appropriate medical imaging modality and procedure in order to reach a clinical diagnosis.With a simple approach to a wide-range of organ-based important pathologies from an imaging point of view, this comprehensively illustrated volume uses a simple consistent categorization scheme.Critical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students includes: In-depth evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses for each modality Explanations of the basic physics of different imaging modalities An accessible overview of the current FDA and ACR guidelines for imaging safety, radiation risks, with special guidelines for imaging children and pregnant women An exploration of a wide-range of organ-based pathologies from an imaging point of view A companion website at wiley.com/go/birchard featuring self-assessment MCQs, downloadable pdfs of algorithms, and all the images from the bookCritical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students is a timely, manageable and concise learning resource, with broad topic coverage and enhanced learning features to help students and clinicians answer the question, which test should I order? and confidently diagnose and manage conditions.

Critical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students is an ideal companion for medical students and clinicians, with a focus on medical learning and patient management to support clerkship rotations and internship training.This brand new title delivers comprehensive radiological illustrations of various pathologies on different modalities, guiding the reader through the processes of understanding different imaging techniques, requesting the most appropriate medical imaging modality and procedure in order to reach a clinical diagnosis.With a simple approach to a wide-range of organ-based important pathologies from an imaging point of view, this comprehensively illustrated volume uses a simple consistent categorization scheme.Critical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students includes:* In-depth evaluations of the strengths and weaknesses for each modality* Explanations of the basic physics of different imaging modalities* An accessible overview of the current FDA and ACR guidelines for imaging safety, radiation risks, with special guidelines for imaging children and pregnant women* An exploration of a wide-range of organ-based pathologies from an imaging point of view* A companion website at wiley.com/go/birchard featuring self-assessment MCQs, downloadable pdfs of algorithms, and all the images from the bookCritical Observations in Radiology for Medical Students is a timely, manageable and concise learning resource, with broad topic coverage and enhanced learning features to help students and clinicians answer the question, 'which test should I order?' and confidently diagnose and manage conditions.

Contributors viPreface viiAbout the companion website viii1 Basic principles of radiologic modalities 1Mamdoh AlObaidy Kiran Reddy Busireddy and Richard C. Semelka2 Imaging studies: What study and when to order? 10Kiran Reddy Busireddy Miguel Ramalho and Mamdoh AlObaidy3 Chest imaging 27Saowanee Srirattanapong and Katherine R. Birchard4 Cardiac imaging 49Nicole T. Tran and J. Larry Klein5 Abdominopelvic imaging 65Pinakpani Roy and Lauren M.B. Burke6 Brain imaging 96Joana N. Ramalho and Mauricio Castillo7 Spine imaging 116Joana N. Ramalho and Mauricio Castillo8 Head and neck imaging 136Joana N. Ramalho Kiran Reddy Busireddy and Benjamin Huang9 Musculoskeletal imaging 163Daniel B. Nissman Frank W. Shields IV and Matthew S. Chin10 Breast imaging 201Susan Ormsbee Holley11 Pediatric imaging 213Cassandra M. Sams12 Interventional Radiology 235Ari J. Isaacson Sarah Thomas J.T. Cardella and Lauren M.B. BurkeIndex 253