Diagnostic-Imaging Books

This book is a must have for medicine. The pictures are perfect for demonstration of all the most commonly seen x- rays in clinic. This book was much better then the Clinical Radiology Made Simple book that my school required me to buy. I've looked at many books in the library at my medical school over Radiology and this is by far the best to review for boards and tests without getting into the nitty gritty of things.

Very good book for students, small volume, exellent figures, simple text for non-specialist.

What can I say about this book other than it changed my life? The writers of this book are geniuses. This book is gripping from cover to back. Even though it is a textbook, I used it for leisure reading. Before I read this, I was a poor lower-middle class American who did all his shopping at Ross and only listened to country music. But this book inspired me and now I make six figures a year. Even if you have no interest in the subject matter of the book, read it. It is great summer reading!

The best chapters of the book to me are the cardiac and thoracic radiology sections written by Gamsu, which provide good approaches to diganostic problems. Also worth mentioning is the section in interventional radiology questions and discussions (pp 601 - 611), which give a series of questions based on films / procedures that are likely to come out in boards / vivas. It would have been good if this part on questions and discussions could have been provided for each chapter / body section.

This is a very informative book. There are a lot of ultrasound images for pathologies. The quality of the US images are acceptable. I would have given this book a 5 star rating had it not been because some of the pictures are too dark while some are too bright. Or maybe it's just because the images were not taken in harmonics setting. I can't wait until they revise this book with higher quality US pictures.

this book is a very comprehensive book with a lot of images of normal and abnormal findings in the abdominal and small parts sonograms.In your practice u ll use this book to compare the real life scanning with what so called"book case".

The book is what it claims to be, and have given me as an ultrasound technician an enormous amount of help. I especially liked the extent of anatomical detail given in the text. The illustrations, both line drawings and echocardiograms are of high quality.

This outstanding work on paediatric echocardiography is a reference book. It exhaustively deals with embryology and correlates them to congenital heart diseases. This information makes the task of cardiologists easier enabling him to seek the abnormality,and their associated defects. paediatric echocardiography is often likened to looking for a black cat in a dark room. This text, I believe throws an illumination on the elusive cat. it also deals with all congenital diseases in great details along with comments on surgical aspects and their aftermath as seen on echocardiography. Truly this book has great merits for all echo-cardiologists.

This book has a lot of information about medical imaging, and it seems to be accurate.
It covers X-rays, Fluoroscopy, CT, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, MRI, and others,
including possible future methods that are still in the laboratory as of 1999.
It covers the original invention and some of the improvements, including brief biographical
information about some of the principal players.

The organization is mostly historical, from X-rays to MRI, but that order seems mostly an
accident. Rather, there is a building block approach, with new ideas built on concepts
from earlier chapters. You can browse in this book, but you will get a lot more from it
by reading it front to back.

There is information about what the patient experiences with each of the imaging techniques.
The risks of each are revealed. All are low risk to no risk, but the trade-offs are
examined. For the physician, higher resolution is better, and higher contrast (more shades
of gray) is better. These good things usually take more energy, usually meaning more risk.
They also may require more money. The economics of the various technologies are also
considered. The instrument designer and the physician try to provide adequate contrast and
resolution, with lowest risk and as inexpensively as possible.

There are human interest stories, cases, about people subject to the various methods,
including why the physician selected that method. There are over 100 figures, many with
several parts. Many of the earlier figures are referred to in later chapters to reveal
additional insight.

The author is a physicist, and it shows. There is a lot of information about how the various
technologies work. It is at the "popular" level, but this physics minor of 40 yeas ago was
impressed by how well the author expressed the physics at the popular level without introducing
lies of simplification. More science writing should be this good.

It took me a while to decide on 5 stars instead of 4. Here are some complaints about the book.
They are trivial enough to not detract from the overall rating. There are many marginal notes
and side bars. Some go on for several pages. Figure captions are long and often duplicate the
information in the text. The author often does comparisons using "times less than" or "times
smaller than".

In the chapter on Computer Tomography, he mentions the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART).
You do not have to understand it. Then he claims attempts to speed it up by using the Fast
Fourier Algorithm (FFA) have not been successful because of the lack of a good acronym. He means
FFT, but the joke is not funny unless you know there are alternatives to ART called, SART, MART,
and SMART.

This reviewer is praising with faint damns.

I bought this book as part of a college program I was working on. The book was easy to read and had good information in it. It's not very detailed though - more of a skim of the topic. It's written pretty much in layman's terms - no medical background needed.

Edited by the inventor of the MedATR concept that engendered the first IR-CAD enabling early detection of breast cancer, Medical Infrared Imaging is an in-depth, state-of-the science textbook for students and biomedical engineering professionals alike. Chapters cover the recent history of modern medical advances that make medical applications of infrared imaging possible; the physics and physiological basis of thermal imaging; the latest concepts of the practice including dynamic thermal imaging, thermal tomography, and the most cutting-edge processing techniques for the early detection of breast cancer; and much more. A superbly researched and presented resource that spares no detail exploring the nuances a lifesaving technology.

This text is an excellent source of information for both the newly interested clinician as well as the experienced clinician involved in the medical thermal imaging field.

From camera construction, specifications, infrared physics and diagnostic applications this book is a wealth of information concerning a field which is virtually unknown to the medical community.

I would recommend this book to any clinician, patient or interested individual or corporation as a solid background text which is contemporary and very up to date for 2008.

A four star rating was provided instead of a 5 star rating due to a lack of discussion in the breast section concerning more appropriate positioning, otherwise a really fantastic work.

For information on correct positioning arguments for breast cancer screening utilizing medical infrared, visit the library at www.breastthermography.org

simple, easy to get what you need, great it's the book I pull first.

I have found this book is very helpful. The content is comprehensive but simple. It is a handy tool for people working in the field of nuclear medicine.

the book has been written in concise way; it really presents excellent reference how to perform and read eye ultrasound. It has been printed using classical black and white design. The book would be much more "readable" if new more modern design was used. I recommend this book to every everyophthalmologist.

This is the most comprehensive text I have ever seen on Ophthalic Ultrasound. The Illustrations and explinations are exceptional.
I keep my copy in a central location in the clinic and have found the MD's refrence it as often as I do.
Great deal for $150.00

Silly me, I followed the advice of others and ordered this book without taking any review classes. It is great if you have already learned everything you need to know for the registry, and need a light review of test questions, but if you have yet to come that far - this is NOT the book for you. If you do not understand why you answered a question incorrectly - too bad! There is no explanation, so you are on your own. CT class first - then this book of questions.

i just took the registry, Nov 2008, and highly recimmend this book as a review, I memorized these questions. Along with a complete review course, like MTMI, you should be well prepared. I didn.t have as much practical lab work as I wanted to, but I scored 81. NOTE, spend time on abnormal cases as well as normal anatomy. Get this book, study and good luck.

Registry Review in Computed Tomography

I was surprised how much this book helped me pass my CT registry! The book is pretty old, but much of the content still applies. Obviously, the anatomy questions are still good, but I found that alot of the other questions were still applicable too. This isn't the only book I used to study, but I would highly recommend it as part of your study tools for the CT registry!

I love the answers portion of this book. It not only gives you the correct answer, but it also explains why its it correct answer and the research source. So you can confirm it for yourself.

I thought this book was a great study aid. Some of the questions were actually on my exam. I took my x-ray boards 30 years ago, and this book really helped me get in a study groove. It was a great investment! Sue Scott Palmerton, PA

This was a great tool. Our Director told us not to use it, but believe me, lots of the questions are verbatim. There is even a CD to practice. You'll become very familiar with the types of questions that are on the test.

Forget all those notes you took in class. This is all you need to take the Radiography exam. If you dont pass after studying this book, then you should'nt be in the xray field or even attempting another career in the healthcare field.

The book is good and has been a helpful review, however the software that accompanies the book is just terrible!! It provides questions in a test like format and when you answer a question correctly it tells you that you are wrong and then explains how that answer that was marked wrong is actually the right answer. Very frustrating! I give up!

The book was in mint condition since it was brand new. Also, it helped me pass the registry exam. The review questions helped me find what I still needed to review, and they seemed more difficult than the registry exam questions. So I felt the book made me feel like the registry was a breeze.

Very helpfull study guide to test yourself. It includes correct answers with excellent explanations for each question.