Diagnostic-Imaging Books

This second edition brings a totally new collection of cases with more thorough and relevant discussions for your day in Louisville. (or sylvan learning center for the non-purists!) Having read the Chew Teaching Atlas many times over, I can say that there are no more "zebra's" in the Yu book, and the explanations of the differentials and management are much more clear. There are slightly more cases than the others in the series, but if you get through them, you should be in good shape for the elusive "72"!!!

Since starting residency, I've been looking for a concise MSK case book, it's just the way I learn best. I tried the MSK Imaging by Maximilian, but didn't find it practically useful.

Dr. Yu's book takes each case and starts off by showing several images and asking questions, which make the case similar to a hot-seat conference and allows solidification of the answer in your mind. The answers are on the following page, followed by a short explanation of the disease process and most relevant radiograph findings. There's also reference to The Requisites, if you're using that book.

You can get through each case in under 5 minutes, which is a big draw for this book, and learn the necessary diagnostic components.

I highly recommend it. Another good book to check out is the one by Felix Chew.

Very well written, good discussion of imaging findings and differential diagnosis. Perfect for studying on an MSK rotation or studying for boards...

There are too many "zebras" in this book to make it a high value study aid for the oral boards.

I got this book to study for the nuclear cardiology boards. As you can read from the other reviews, it presents material in a very natural case-review format that makes it much more fun to read than other texts. Basically, after reading this book, you'll feel much better about interpreting SPECT and PET studies, and about the different protocols, etc. The case presentation is particularly nice in that the board questions are presented somewhat similarly.

For the purpose of the boards you'll need additional study material of course, as this book doesn't touch any of the basic nuclear physics / radiation safety, etc, topics. Chandra's book mentioned in the great review below is very, very good.

SUMMARY: This is an excellent book! hghly recommended!

a)For fellows, i would recommend a textbook first.
b)But for practicing cardiologist, this is a very clinical oriented book, and it is fun to read!
c)It gives helpful information with clinical cases.
d)Good images, excellent presentation.
e)There is no basic Nuclar medicine 9only clinical cases), so this book is not enough for the board exam, and you will eed other books.
f) i think that this is also an excellent book,for people not taking the board exam. the cases are very clinical oriented, and similar to the cases seen in real life!

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NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY BOARD EXAM: MY PREPARATION:

(his is not about the book above, please read only if you are planning taking the exam)

I am writing this review to help other cardiologists who will be taking nuclear cardiology Board exam: It will also be helpful for people taking other nuclear exams (as the basic parts are the same):

I am a interventional cardiologist and i have been in practice for 9 years and I had limited time to study. These are the books that I studied, and my recommendations are below. I hope it helps!
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QUESTION BOOKS:(All 3 recommended for quick review)

1) Nuclear Medicine Board Review: Questions and Answers for Self-Assessment:
a)Good book for quick review for exam purposes (General nuclear medicine review- helpful for all fields of nuclearmedicine, not specifically cardiology).
b)Quick questions and answers on same page.
c)For cardiology, Basis of Nuclear medicine( chapters 1-3). and cardiac (Chapter 5) and PET (chapter 12)sections were helpful

2)Nuclear medicine technology: review Questions for the Board examinations (Ramer,Alavi)
a) Another good book for quick general nuclear medicine review.
b) Questions and answers, no explanations
c) For all nuclear medicine exam takers: sections on redioactivity, radipharmacy, QA, radiation safety, instrumentation, computers, patient care etc chapters very helpful)(i solved chapters 2,3,4,5,8,14,15,16)
d) there is an exam at the end

3) Nuclear medicine Exam Questions: (Andrew Kim)
a) similar to the above 2 books, good for quick review, some explanation of answers, 1/3 helpful for cardiology

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2) Nuclear medicine basics radiation safety course:
a) went to an 200 hour course in new Orleans, (there are 80 hour courses also and most of them are enough to get board certification in most States. for some States 80 hours may not be enough , so you need to check it)
b)Teachers were R Campeau, Lindsey,Shieau, Conant.
R. Campeau is excellent in clinical review. F.Lindsey is excellent in basics of nuclear medicine. Shieau was excellent in Radiopharmacology.
c)This is a good course, and i would strongly recommend it.
d)But it wook eight 3 day weekends and it may be very difficult to get this arranged if you have a bsy schedule. in that case, 1 week 80 hour courses should be ideal.

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C)Nuclear medicine Basics:
a) covered in courses well enough.
b)i bought 3 books, but i did not have enough time to read them.
c) the books i bought;
a)Nuclear Medicine basics (Chandra): very good book,key points and Questions at the endof each section are very helpful. I read some of the chapters which i had difficulty understanding. A good read for fellows who have time. Too much time consuming for practicing cardiologist who are too busy Also, a good book for any Nuclear medicine exam, or any one trying to understand the mechanisms.
key poits: (Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,8,15, and Questions: 3,11,12,14 are very good)
b) essential Nuclear medicine Physics (Powsner): his is a good book, Again, i did not have time to read it all. I read only some pages, and chapters epending on what i didin't know. if you don't have time to read the chandra book from cover to cover, I would recommend buying both 2 books, and reading the same topic on 2 books 9selective topics) to understandit better. (read maybe 20-30% of these 2 books.

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D) CLINICAL BOOKS:
1) Nuclear cardiology & Correlative Imaging: A teaching file: this is an excellent book for busy clinicians. I read this book from cover to cover, and clinical cases were extremel helpful. i would strongly recommend this book! (470 pages, excellent pictures, very easy reading!)
2) There are excellent clinical textbooks, but they are not easy to read, and very time consuming. i did not have enough time.
3) Chapter on Braunwald is very good for crdiology.

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E)You need a letter of recommendation from a nuclear certified physician: with exact number of cases you have read. Getting the necessary numbers is not easy and is very time consuming. if you are not in fellowship, it may take 1-2 years!

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G) Board review Courses: (ASNS Nuclear cardiology Board review Course)
a)i did not attend. But, I heard that it is very useful, especially if you can't study enough on your own.
b)But there are review questions at the end of the exam, and i got them from a freid of mine who attended. I solved these questions and some questions were exactly similar. So, i would recommend to olve these questions even if you can not go to the meeting.

H) Other Study material (For cardiologists only)
a)NCKSAP : http://www.asnc.org/section_61.cfm
vey helpful, very strongly recommended.
b)NSCA Questions: very strongly recommended:
http://www.korlak.com/ncsaweb/help/NCSA_QCReview/help.htm

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F) Exam:
a) is given in Prometric test center.
b) It is all computerized. images are not too bad.
c) Time is more than enough.
d) Around 170-180 questions. (less than 35 mistakes was passing (I made 17 mistakes, so it was not so difficult)
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Good luck! i hope this helps!

Tansel Turgut

When reading text books on the topic of nuclear cardiology you note that they all presents the same information more or less. It feels at some point that alot of the topics presented are repetition and boring.This book presents the same material, but in a clinical more interesting, easy to read format.

This is a book that I was able to read with interest and enthusiasm from cover to cover.

One of the drawbacks of case study books is that they usually present a couple of rare fundemental cases and the rest are all garden variety cases. This book is more of a textbook written in a case review style which is very appealing to physicians. I have also to admit that I was impressed with the fact that the authors were able to present some cutting edge and futuristic technology in a case review fashion..something I never encountered before.

If you are setting for the nuclear cardiology boards, this is not a replacement to the traditional textbooks, but very helpful in anchoring concepts and a very good worthwhile review.

Mediocre in every way - content, organization, and currency. Henkin's two-volume Nuclear Medicine superbly covers this material and much more (albeit at a higher price). Need a less expensive book that covers only Nuc Cardio? Try Iskandrian.

This book provides a highly readable and a comprehensive review of the basic physics and current technology for the diagnostic imaging modalities in radiology and nuclear medicine. Its thorough up-to-date coverage of all imaging modalities combined with an extremely well organized layout for introducing the various topics makes the text especially useful for radiology residents preparing for the ABR examination. The level of detail covered makes the book an essential reference volume for medical physics graduate students and medical physicists as well. All topics are covered in sufficient detail and depth to make it an extremely useful one to select for the primary text for the physics course on diagnostic imaging for radiology residents as well as the introductory course on the same topic for graduate students in medical physics.

As a committed user and fan of the first edition of this book, I awaited its updating in a second edition eagerly. Drs. Dowsett, Kenny and Johnston have not disappointed. Physics is not a topic that most trainees in diagnostic imaging find easy or interesting; learning and understanding relevant physics is often one of the more taxing and uninteresting chores on the route to becoming competent as a radiologist or radiologic technologist. The authors of The Physics of Diagnostic Imaging have succeeded in making their often abstruse subject interesting, relevant to clinical practice and understandable. Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1998, I have considered it to be the best single-volume source for this subject available, and have recommended it to all our trainees. The second edition has comprehensively brought the content up to date, with new and expanded sections on multislice CT, modern MR imaging sequences and computers in readiology, with particular reference to digital imaging and PACS physics and technology. New developments in radiobiology are well covered, and all the basic material in the first edition has been updated. Niggling typographical errors in the first edition have been weeded out.
As with the first edition, I would strongly recommend this book to students in the field as their principal textbook and reference source. It will continue to be the recommended text on our training programme.

I never before bought a book with so many typographical errors in it, which is unacceptable in this category of price. This is infortunate because the book covers topics which are difficult to find elsewhere.

At last: a review of a continually-developing subject that's up-to-date, comprehensive and readable. I know of no other text on this subject that covers the ground from the basic physics of X-ray production to the most recent advances in Nuclear Medicine, CT and MR in such an accessible way. No relevant detail is excluded, yet the text is never boring in the manner of previous efforts on these subjects. For those preparing for Boards or Fellowship exams, and for those practising in the field, this book is essential.

I work as a medical transcriptionist in the radiology field. This book is extremely valuable to me as a very good reference book. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone that is in the field of radiology.

I love this reference book! It is organized so I can easily find what I need. It also has all the newest MRI sequences, etc. I would be lost on the Internet trying to find answers to my spelling questions if I didn't have this time-saving resource at my fingertips. This is a MUST for anyone working with a radiology department.

This is not due to Seller, I just don't like the book. I am not a transcriptionist.

Stedman's "Radiology Words" is a stellar imaging word reference for the radiology transcriptionist. Being a full-time radiology transcriptionist and having used Stedman's second edition for many years with extremely favorable results, I can only state emphatically that this current edition has greatly improved by bringing the vastly burgeoning radiological terminology up to date. Imaging modalities have exponentially increased since the last Stedman's Radiology word reference [1995], and with it, the imaging vernacular has exploded. This third edition has accomplished its mission.

Many more diagnostic and interventional terms are at hand, as well as mammographic, CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, ultrasonographic and neuroradiological terms. All, of course, are thoroughly cross-referenced.

Additionally, five handy appendices are added: 1) 19 pages of anatomical illustrations, the first 5 pages of which demonstrate anatomical planes/positions, 2) 4½ pages of various contrast media, 3) common radiological oncologic terms, 4) sample radiology reports [14, mind you] ranging from the simplest to nuclear medicine/MRI/CT, etc., and 5) common terms of procedures.

This nearly 1000-page imaging tome is the tops! I would strongly recommend this reference to anyone involved in imaging transcription.

This book was recommended by the Director of a local School for Radiographic Technology. I found the most current edition at AMASON.COM and another D.S. Saia book "Appleton & Lange's Review For The Radiography Examination, Fourth Edition." The "PREP" was essentional for my use, since I had been out of the field for 30 years. I became ARRT Registered in 1960 but dropped out in 1982. I have long wanted to return to the career I enjoyed most. This book brought me up to date quickly. I found it very comprehensive and current. It is most important to read and follow the KEY FEATURES AND USE information found in the Preface. The information in this book is extremely well organised and formated to make retention easy, especially with use of the MICROSTUDY disk with its chapter review tests and final exams. I actually enjoyed studying with these books. As evidence of their effectivenes, I passed the ARRT Exam with a 89, and am now employed full time as a Registered Radiologic Technologist.

THIS BOOK WAS AN EXCELLENT WAY OF PREPARING FOR THE ARRT'S REGISRTY EXAM. THE BOOK INCLUDED ALL TOPICS FOUND ON THE EXAM. THE BOOK ALSO INCLUDED ILLUSTRATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. ALSO THE BOOK INCLUDED A PRACTICE 200 QUESTION EXAM BASED ON THAT OF THE REGISTRY. I AM PURCHASING A 2ND COPY FOR A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS ALSO TAKING THE EXAM.

that's it !. everything you need for the registry exam is here .it's like taking all of the student program and puting it into this great book.
a perfect mach for those who want to pass the exam first shot.
altough pathology is not expanded in detail - but using the mosby's "radiographic pathology for technologists" , will do the job. the book makes you a master!, you pass the exam using it!.

This is the 3rd edition to the already classic atlas of Thomas Pope's collection of Aunt Minnie's.

The book is organized into chapters by subspecialty: Interventional, Brain, Head and Neck, Spine, Thoracic, GI, GU, Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Cardiac, Nuclear Medicine, Breast Imaging and Musculoskeletal System. Each subject is presented by selected images, followed by a short history. You can 'take the case' by just looking at images and/or history as a method of doing 'unknowns' to prepare for end of rotation oral exams or practicing for the oral boards. Many subjects have even appeared on the annual inservice exams.

Following each unknown is a summary of the imaging findings, the diagnosis, discussion and Aunt Minnie's "Pearls". The book is well written and it has high quality images.

What separates this book from previous editions is the online access to the entire book in electronic format (text and images).

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This is an essential book for preparation for the boards, as well as general knowledge of the practicing radiologist. No other book summarizes many of the pathognomonic imaging findings like this text.

Highly recommend this book.

It is a nice book to have glimpse of common conditions which can be confidently diagnosed radiologically.

This book is an excellent collection of cases that can be classified as "Aunt Minnies", i.e. cases that have a specific diagnosis and you probably won't know what they are, unless you've seen them before. Therefore this book is invaluable for all radiology residents and especially for the oral boards. If there is one book you need to reveiw for the boards, this is it. The book has a concise text of imaging findings and relevent conceptual material for each case, which adds to the usefullness of the book.

This is the most comprehensive cardiac MR book you can have for the price. The book is fully loaded with pictures and the chapters are very detailed. The companion CD rom is somewhat difficult to play, but works even with Vista. Movie files are .mov and the cases are awesome.

very useful not only for cardiac mri but also for the mri as modality

I have looked at several cardiac MRI books and this is the best I have seen. Still a little wordy, but more practical than the other books out there.

This book is written in a bulleted outline format. I found it most helpful during call. I would go to this particular book for parameters on nonviable pregnancies and similar situations. This was easy to use on call. It may not be the most comprehensive ultrasound text, but there were plenty of pics in the book that are helpful. This is probably a better book for the beginning of residency and call.

This book is excellent. It covers the questions you are afraid to ask and progresses to the details you need to remember for oral boards. It will aslo serve as a good reference book in practice. I'm buying my second copy because my first was stolen.

This book is well layed out and concise. It contains lots of pictures - a must for a good radiology text! It's up to date and contains a chapter on MSK ultrasound.

Highly recommeded. No wasted time here!

Best all-around source of imaging info that I've seen - and I've seen 'em all. BUY IT - but avoid the paperback version which tends to fall apart quickly...

This book is ultimately suitable for beginners and primary medical students. Each film has a brief explanation for its cause and clinical features. More, I like to recomend Primer of Diagnostic Imaging, by Ralph Weissleder, Mark J. Rieumont, Jack Wittenberg, to didicated students who are particularly interested in this field.

A very concise book for every medical student who is beginning to touch the imaging field. Thought only 460 pages, it covers every organ system with emphasis on key features of important diseases. There is plenty of photographs with good diagrams. The text is concise and easy to read.

This seller is great! The product came in just as described and has proven a valuable resource in school.

This lab book is great for medical/PA students who need guidance in determining lab testing and diagnostic testing. Much better than other versions by other authors....

Good book for general lab and radiology info. Does not give detailed info though.