Diagnostic-Imaging Books

This is a great little book. It would be a lot better, though, if the pages weren't so thin. I am a radiography student and carry it around a lot and use it for reference. If I could change two things about this book, it would be that I would make the pages a little tougher or laminated so that they wouldn't rip out of the ring or get hung on the edge of the ring and I would also put tabs for quick reference.

The pocket guide is a must have for the radiography student. Pictures and explanations in a condensed version of Merrill's is portable and easy to use. The only complaint that I have is that it has too much space for recording information such as generator type, milliseconds used, and part thickness. As a beginning student in the real world, I am far more interested in image criteria, which is of far more value in determining whether or not a radiograph is good. Image criteria is NOT included in this guide, and there is little room to handwrite it on the pages as they are filled with the other information.

As a student in a radiography school I have found this pocket guide very helpful. My fellow classmates all want to buy one. It is a great quick pocket guide.

My program teaches Positioning for two semesters prior to clinicals, so the Pocket Guide to Radiography was easier than making flash cards for the required positions.

My main gripe with this book is that it's hardly portable. It's pocket sized- if you're a kangaroo...and kangaroos are NOT allowed in the radiology department!

I just finished a college course in Radiologic Physics using this book. Each chapter's information and formulas build upon the previous chapter, and I found the flow of information easy to follow. The examples problems were helpful (sometimes) to make the author's point. But, thats where the problem lies with this book. The example problems had too many mathmatical mistakes or misprints. In one chapter the author kept switching the variable "L" with "1" within the same problem. Most other problems were either missing steps or the math was just wrong. I would spend twenty minutes on an example trying to figure out how they got an answer and finally would either just move on or come up with my own answer and verify it with the instructor the next class. For a book in its 9th Ed., someone should have caught these mistakes long ago. Each chapter had at least two, to as many as six mistakes. While there is good information in this book and great diagrams and charts as to how X-rays are produced, example problems make this book average instead of good. (Definitely buy the workbook if you purchase this book).

Ordered a book for a college class and received it earlier than expected. The book was new and in excellent condition. I was very satisfied with the sellers service.

Great Job! My book was sent out to me on time as promised. Your conscientious work ethic was appreciated very much!

On time for the shipment date in fact it was a day ahead of schedule.

The workbook is a must! It has helped clarify information and given a nice overview of the concepts with practical applications. I have recommended it to other students in my class.

Love it. It's the best book ever in differencial diagnosis.
I higlhy recomended it.

This book is great for looking up all those little details you never remember about a pathology, or checking the diferential on an image.
At my hospital the residents use this book alot and we love it.

I believe that Dahnert's Radiology Review Manual has been recalled by the publisher due to multiple errors within the text.

This text is an outstanding. The author completed the book with
excellent criteria of the disease processes; differential diagnoses; and diagnostic imaging appearances. I have recommended the book to be used in the Radiology Practitioner Program, Radiologic Sciences, Weber State University, 3925 University Circle, Ogden, UT 84408-3925. I have recommended that my fellow RPA classmates obtain a copy of the text. I gave the CD version to another classmate, who has found it to be an outstanding resource for her required course work.

Please send a complimentary copy to Jane Van Valkenburg, PhD at the above address. Dr Van Valkenburg is the founder of the only RAdiology Practitioner Program in the United States. She can be contacted at 1-800-848-7770 X 6119.

The text is truly a 5 star level book.

In the midst of my studying for the Orals, I have discovered that I use this book much less for the Orals than the I did for the writtens. Rarely some of the information is not up to date or wrong. The differentials are not weighted. For example In case conference, if you get a "double bubble" differential just start off with Ladd's Bands as your leading differential ( from the LADS mnemonic). Your Pedi examiner will shoot you down in flames. I am using Wittenberg's Primer much more than Danhert. Danhert's new edition is an improvement, but it is a limited resource.

I bought this book a little late and still rec it on time. i took a chance and it worked. i saved sum $$ i am very satisfied with my purchase. the only part that was stressful was the UPS time of delivery the time frame was so broad and i didnt no if i would receive the book on time or not

Good collection of images from various methods with nicely identified structures. But it is not daily practice-oriented. There's not a word about important topics such as neck spaces, peritoneal spaces and ligaments, mediastinal lymphnode stations, among others. I found Butler's Applied Radiological Anatomy much more useful.

its really great book, it include the images from all the modality that we might look for as jeniour radiologest ..

ok book......not great. "grainy" CT images compared to 2003 multislice images.

of images from all modalities. In school we have been using Kelley's Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals, which I have not been very happy with, so I purchased this book. I love the fact that on one side I can see the image without any labels, and on the other side a lot of the anatomy is labeled AND outlined. This is a great imaging anatomy book for any visual learner.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Physical and Biological Principles

This book is remarkable in the way that it explains the fundamentals of MRI so clearly while using very, very few equations. Prof. Bushong uses a huge number of tremendously creative -- and often funny -- illustrations to achieve this accomplishment. Although this book is naturally insufficient for those desiring a fully mathematical understanding of MRI, it is ideal (except for its lack of discussion of Functional MRI) for those who want a firm visual understanding of MRI physics, and it is also one of those rare books that explains so many practical details of *actually using* MRI machines -- their possible dimensions, strength, weight, associated costs, associated building requirements, etc. It could also be a great first read for those who will eventually delve into the subject mathematically, and finally, could be an excellent book for a physician, nurse, businessperson, or layperson who won't have to directly deal with MRI but who wants to have a solid grasp of how it works. I strongly recommend this book!

This book was a waste of time. Too involoved with other things and
not really helpful in guiding you for studying for the Big Test.
The anatomy section was good -- but the remainder was a big waste of time. I do not recommend this at all.

This book is good for understanding the physics of MRI.
It contains many illustrations. The pictures make things easier.
Those who want to know the basic idea of MRI may want to have a look at it.
It is really good.

This text is the third MRI book I have approached. I spent a week on the first chapters of others, esp the supposed "Bible" of MRI, written by the two women. I wish I had not wasted my money on their new book. I was wondering if applying to MRI school was a mistake. Bushong's book is put together so that
anyone can understand the complex physics involved. You "get it" on the first read. That is wonderful by me.
Phil July 05

I haven't completed the book, but so far I think this is a good book for anyone learning about MRI. Good explanations,diagrams and thorough. Covers newer areas such as cardiac and perfusion. I recommend this one.

Is a mistake in book description. This book have only 255 pages and not 432.

As a 2nd year Radiology resident, this book is a good primer for CT and MRI correlates. It's in no way a substitute for a text or full-series discussion, but to solidify key concepts of common pathology as your reviewing cases initially, it's hard to beat.
Cheap and Introductory...a good buy.

This is a very good portable resource, offering a review regarding common pathologies. This will help you to identify the meanly characteristics of the diseases. The price is accessible. Good quality images.

very good, nice to see some pathology and where to look for it..
useful during internship at mri

This is a great book. Each section gives a description and image (CT and/or MR) of most pathologies as well as its etiology,epidemiology, signs and symptoms, which sequences best visualize the pathology, treatment, and even a prognosis.
The book covers everything from head to feet.

this book is written according to the ardms guidelines.each topic is covered very comprehensively.this is an excellent book for a person who is preparing for ardms exam

We cannot review this book's contents, for it is not what we were looking for when we ordered it.

Because ~ the book's title is confusing for people not already experts in the field of high-frequency sound. The overall field we were looking for, we now know, is ultra-SONICS. Whereas, the application of high-frequency sound to medicine is known as ultra-SOUND.

The author of this book named it, a bit imprecisely, we think:

"Essentials of Ultrasound Physics"

The word "physics" in this title implies broad theoretical discussion (i.e. ultra-SONICS), whereas the books is actually limited to (medical) ultra-sound.

Searchers, suggest you use search words "ultra-SONICS" if you want to find broad materials on "high frequency sound" applications.

Any individual preparing for the ARDMS exams in diagnostic medical ultrasound need look no further. At last, a book that is readable, easy to follow (actually follows the ARDMS physics outlline) and is very well illustrated with interesting and intuitive diagrams. The author has the rare talent of translating an extremely complex subject into everyday, understandable language.

Now that I finished my ARDMS abdomen exam, I can say this book was adequate preparation for this test. I am a physician so perhaps have a different background than the average reader, but I found the book very easy to read, with enough ultrasound images in the practice test portion of the book. This was the only book I used to prepare for the exam, and I scored 92%. There are occasional factual errors, mostly confined to the practice test, as well as rare typographical errors (that I noticed). Also the CDROM that comes with the book (containing the same practice exam as the text) has a tendency to repeat questions even when specifically set not to do so.
Overall, a good way to spend time and money if passing the ARDMS-abdomen is your goal.

This is an amazingly well organized, thorough book, exactly in the sprit of the ARDMS Physics and Instrumentation exam.
All issues that are relevant to the exam are well discussed in this book. For someone who started with very little knowledge of the material, I scored nearly 90% thanks in large part to the preparation possible through this book.

I use this book in my profession and I feel it's the best out there. If I don't know the answer then this book does. This book has been a lifesaver more than once. I recommend it for physicians, nurses, NP, PA's or any medical student. This is your BIBLE for the profession.

I own the third edition of this book and as it was getting rather dated and I was studying for a recertification exam, I purchased this one on the strength of the previous edition.

What I found was a more bloated expensive textbook with considerably more difficulty finding out specific information in a timely manner. I found myself referring back to the older edition to find information more quickly. Now some of this bloat is to be expected in medical textbooks, but I found the information fragmented, verbose, poorly organized and annoying enough to use to where I looked elsewhere for my lab values and how they related to specific diseases.

Unlike a previous reviewer, I did not go online to even find out that this book requires major errata and that the indexing would be flawed as well. To have a book on life and death decisions based on lab data with extensive errors? What more needs to be said.

Of the ~ $!k in new medical books I purchased for my review, this one is at the bottom. If I had not written in it and bent a corner, I would return it.

It is in need of MAJOR editorial revision to live up to it's legacy as an intelligible succinct and authoritative source of information regarding lab tests.

This is probably the lowest review I've given to a book I've tried to read or reference. I don't give it one star because obviously a lot of work went into gathering this data and from owning a previous edition, I know the next edition could be capable of meeting my expectations.

I'm a neurosurgeon and I need to make interpretation of diagnostic tests all time, even those which are not for my speciality. This book really shines where others simply can't with answers for all known tests of everyday use at the hospital. The only two things missed: hardcover and pocket size!

I'm a family physician in a small, South-Central rural town. I've owned this reference since the 6th edition and found it extremely useful. I noticed that my 7th edition had nothing on BNP, a hormone elevated in CHF. So I purchased the 8th edition and received it yesterday (it was copyrighted in 2007). There is a massive amount of data in this large paperback but I noticed problems at the start. Maybe I'm being picky, but there were 11 pages of corrections that had to be downloaded from the publisher's web site. This created replacements pages 402 and 403, and new pages 403a-i. There were no corrections to the index for any of these. So, you will need to get out your glue stick and paper cutter and start trimming the printouts. Next, I went to look up BNP. The index says "See Brain-type natriaretic peptide." The only listing for that is for reference values on page 13, which just gives you ranges for normal. But if you look further down in the index, you will see a listing for "B-type natriaretic peptide" that has explanations and uses on pages 129, 131 and 132. So I read them. It says, under "Interpretation" that "BNP and NT-proBNP can be increased in renal failure, especially if dialysis is needed." Okay. Turn the page and under "Not Increased In" is listed "Renal insufficiency." So what is it? Is it increased or decreased in renal insufficiency/failure? Since some degree of renal insufficiency usually accompanies CHF and this can be a life or death blood test, I would think it would be somewhat important to be able to correctly interpret this test result (I have a patient with CHF, a BUN of 100 and he's walking around with a BNP of over 3000 that I can knock down temporarily to 1500 with dobutamine). I wonder what other inconsistencies I will find as I use this reference...

As was my 7th edition, this is a must have book. One needs to know what should and should not be ordered, not only for economy's sake, but for the sake of your diagnosis. If you want to home in on what your patient has, use this book to navigate your way.

-"No other book of this scope exists." - Annals of Neurology

-"recommended in the highest possible terms for all involved in the clinical neurosciences" - Amer J of NeuroRad

This CD-ROM consists of the highly acclaimed reference work of the same name edited by Scott Atlas. The text and images are featured in their entirety as chapters and are grouped in the following sections:

1) Physics and Principles

2) Brain

3) Skull-Base and Orbit

4) Spine

5) Advanced MRI

This is an essential texbook. While today most texbooks tend to become atlases of images that contain very little written information, this one manages to be very well written and contain a lot of information in addition to having very nice images. While it was sometimes difficult to find a difference between the second and first editions, this work has now had quite an overhaul. It might not be ultra-new but it is very nice. It has been expanded to two volumes. It also conbtains a very nice and extensive section on the spine which was one of the main weaknesses of the book by Anne Osborne. this is clearly superior even if it lacks the wonderful tables of that other book. SAome of the more basic chapters may be somewhat complex but they can be easily skipped in favour of the great clinical content.

Both poorly written and edited. Pictures are poor quality. Too much basic science and not enough clinical application. Overall, good for Ph.Ds, not physicians. Far superior books available for radiologists and radiologists in training at cheaper price.

Complete well organized text. Very readable with the exception of the sections on MRI physics (a little too much "high-level", mathematical physics for the everyday neuroradiologist). Good quality images and pathological correlation. Overall, very good reference text that is not too overly and unnecessarily encyclopedic and exhausting to read.

Scott Atlas' book is THE reference text of choice for neuroradiologists and other neuroimagers. There simply is no other neuroradiology text that approaches the depth, quality, and timeliness of imaging and pathological information provided in this text. The MR physics discussions are unparalleled, as well. Other less exhaustive neuroradiology texts might be more appropriate for radiology residents, but this is the text that Neuroradiology fellows and attendings should be referring to. Bravo.

I had to buy this book for a class. I was very disappointed.

This edition has several typos and mistakes on the tables. The examples and problems sections are really irritating, sometimes they show a couple of equations and write 5 problems over the same equation over and over again, and I have found instances where the "answers to selected problems" section show incorrect information. There is very little physics that you can learn from those problems.

It seems that it is hard to find good books on Medical Imaging, but I highly recommend "The essential physics of medical imaging" (Bushberg. et al.) This is a very good review of the imaging techniques but it is not very quantitative. A more quantitative book I would recommend is "Medical Imaging: signals and systems" by Jerry L. Price.

If you have an option, don't waste your money on this book.

"...fulfills the authors goal of providing an up-to-date survey of the physics of medical imaging in a format that will appeal to students and educators alike. The coverage of topics is sufficiently comprehensive, making it a suitable introductory text for a number of imaging-oriented courses." (Radiology, January 2004)

Big changes!!
I have a previous edition of this book but
This new edition is really big different from prev. edition.

This book is a bible of Radiation community...
I love Dr.Hendee's products..

"...an excellent introduction to the physics of medical imaging...Medical Imaging Physics is sure to be a favorite of residents, perhaps supplanting Christensen's Introduction to the Physics of Diagnostic Radiology as the classic radiology residency physics text." (American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 180, No. 4, April 2003)

This text is excellent for Medical Physicists preparing for the first part of their ABR or ABMP exam. This book is also a very good text for teaching Radiology Residents. Radiology Residents currently (4/12/03), do not use calculators for their ABR exam therefore they do not need to know most of the calculations that are presented in this text. The chapter on Radiation Detectors is an excellent primer for medical physicists, health physicists and Biomedical engineers. My only criticism of the text is that the QA recommendations are not current and the MRI section does not address image quality enough detail.