Fundamentals of Body MRI, third edition
Description
Fundamentals of Body MRI, 3rd edition, covers the essential concepts residents, fellows, and practitioners need to know, laying a solid foundation for understanding the basics and making accurate diagnoses.
Additional information
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Author(s):
Roth, Deshmukh and Naringrekar | Roth, Deshmukh and Naringrekar |
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ISBN:
978-0-323-83381-3 | 978-0-323-83381-3 |
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Publisher:
Elsevier | Elsevier |
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Reviewed by:
Dr Nick Reading, consultant radiologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London | Dr Nick Reading, consultant radiologist, Whipps Cross University Hospital, London |
Publisher price: £92.99
With online radiology resources omnipresent, is there still a need for textbooks? Judging by this current volume, the answer must be yes. At less than 2cm thick, this paperback is deceptively slim so that it is easily read-able in bed. Nevertheless, it has 557 pages and there has been no skimping on the quality of the paper used nor the standard of printing.
This is the third edition of a text written by three radiologists from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Although purporting to be a fundamentals book, it soon becomes apparent it is much more than this.
The first chapter deals with MRI physics and MRI safety. The physics section does not present too much indigestible maths but spends time on image artefacts, which is more useful to the radiologist. There then follow nine chapters dealing with various body parts: focal liver lesions; diffuse liver disease; gallbladder and biliary system; pancreas and spleen; kidneys, adrenals and retroperitoneum; gastro-intestinal system; uterus, cervix and vagina; ovaries and adnexa; and prostate and the male genitourinary system. The final chapter deals with emergency pathologies of the body.
For a general radiologist such as myself, the level of detail is just right. When one has been a consultant radiologist for a while, it is easy for more recent advances to pass one by, only to have a rude awakening in an MDT meeting when a radiology report is quickly read followed by that all too familiar sinking feeling of realising that one has been found wanting. The book contains so many of the facts that I was a bit hazy on but was aware that I should really make an effort to sort them out. Browsing each chapter is a painless way of getting up to date and to continue, as a general radiologist (and the days of such a person are far from over), to keep as many balls in the air as possible.
The text is clearly written and the quality of the printed images, which is always a problem with the predominantly darker shades of grey required for MRI compared to CT, are more than satisfactory.
I strongly recommend this book to all general radiologists as a means of keeping up to date and as a source of reference. It would also be ideal for trainees looking for an efficient way of getting to grips with the many different aspects of MRI.
Personally, I find reading this book a much more comfortable and enjoyable way of expanding my knowledge of radiology than browsing online, but for those who do not agree, a digital version is included in the price of the package.
To purchase this title at our discounted rate email: katherine@radmagazine.com.
