Essential Radiology

A new third edition of the outstanding introduction to radiologic imaging

As an overview to radiology this high quality text from Thieme provides a comprehensive picture of current imaging practice and is suitable for reading by a range of healthcare professionals at undergraduate or post-graduate level. -- RAD Magazine

Essential Radiology, Third Edition, is an extensively revised and updated text that provides a highly engaging, integrated overview of the use of radiology in every specialty and subspecialty, covering all imaging modalities and organ systems. It gives medical students in radiology clerkships a solid understanding of how each imaging modality works and how a variety of pathologic conditions appear on different imaging modalities.

Key Features:

• Directly correlates radiologic findings with gross pathologic specimens
• Contains updated discussions of clinical conditions and imaging techniques
• Includes high-quality imaging that illustrates the appearance of diseases and injuries in radiologic images
• Written by a master teacher and premier expert on medical education in the U. S.

Medical students will find this book indispensable for their radiology coursework and refer to it repeatedly during their training.

Chapter 1 Introduction to Radiology
Chapter 2 The Circulatory System: The Heart and Great Vessels
Chapter 3 The Respiratory System
Chapter 4 The Digestive System
Chapter 5 The Urinary Tract
Chapter 6 The Acute Abdomen
Chapter 7 The Reproductive System
Chapter 8 The Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 9 Neuroimaging
Chapter 10 Pediatric Radiology
Appendix Normal Cross-Sectional Anatomy