Dr. William Herring’s Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics, 5th Edition, remains the leading introductory radiology text for medical students and others who are required to read and interpret common radiologic images. Using an easy-to-follow pattern recognition approach, this clearly written, highly illustrated text teaches how to differentiate normal and abnormal images of all modalities. From the basics of patient safety, dose reduction, and radiation protection to the latest information on ultrasound, MRI, and CT, it provides a complete, up-to-date introduction to radiology needed by today’s students.

• Uses a clear, conversational writing style―with a touch of humor―to explain what you need to know to effectively interpret medical images of all modalities.
• Teaches how to arrive at a diagnosis by following a pattern recognition approach, and logically overcome difficult diagnostic challenges with the aid of decision trees.
• Employs an easy-to-read, bullet-point format, including bolded key points and icons designating special content: Diagnostic Pitfalls, Really Important Points, Take-Home Points, and Weblinks.
• Features more than 850 high-quality illustrations, useful tables, case study questions, and teaching boxes throughout.
• Shares the extensive knowledge and experience of esteemed author Dr. William Herring, a skilled radiology teacher and the host of his own specialty website, www.learningradiology.com.
• Offers quick review and instruction for medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as those in related fields such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Contents

۱. Recognizing Anything : Past, Present, and Future
۲. Recognizing Normal Pulmonary Anatomy
۳. Recognizing Normal Cardiac Anatomy
۴. Recognizing Airspace Versus Interstitial Lung Disease
۵. Recognizing the Causes of an Opacified Hemithorax
۶. Recognizing Atelectasis
۷. Recognizing a Pleural Effusion
۸. Recognizing Pneumonia
۹. Recognizing the Correct Placement of Lines and Tubes and Their Potential Complications : Critical Care Radiology
۱۰. Recognizing Other Diseases of the Chest
۱۱. Recognizing Adult Heart Disease
۱۲. Recognizing the Normal Abdomen and Pelvis : Conventional Radiographs
۱۳. Recognizing the Normal Abdomen and Pelvis : Computed Tomography
۱۴. Recognizing Bowel Obstruction and Ileus
۱۵. Recognizing Extraluminal Air in the Abdomen
۱۶. Recognizing Abnormal Calcifications and Their Causes
۱۷. Recognizing Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Urinary Tract Abnormalities
۱۸. Ultrasonography : Understanding the Principles and Its Uses in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging
۱۹. Vascular, Pediatric, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound
۲۰. Magnetic Resonance Imaging : Understanding the Principles and Recognizing the Basics
۲۱. Recognizing Nontraumatic Abnormalities of the Appendicular Skeleton and Arthritis
۲۲. Recognizing Nontraumatic Abnormalities of the Spine
۲۳. Recognizing Trauma to the Bony Skeleton
۲۴. Recognizing the Imaging Findings of Trauma to the Chest
۲۵. Recognizing the Imaging Findings of Trauma to the Abdomen and Pelvis
۲۶. Recognizing Some Common Causes of Intracranial Pathology
۲۷. Recognizing Pediatric Diseases
۲۸. Using Image-Guided Interventions in Diagnosis and Treatment (Interventional Radiology)
۲۹. Recognizing the Findings in Breast Imaging

Video Contents

۱.۱ Spinning gantry of CT scanner
۱.۲ Virtual bronchoscopy
۱.۳ Color Doppler scan of carotid artery
۱.۴ Normal swallowing function captured by fluoroscopy
۱.۵ Fluoroscopy used for angiography
۱.۶ Spinning PET scan
۲.۱ Maximum intensity projections of pulmonary vasculature
۳.۱ Catheter angiogram of right coronary artery
۳.۲ MR1, four-chamber view of the heart
۱۱.۱ ۳D CT coronary angiogram
۱۷.۱ Video swallow, aspiration
۱۷.۲ Tertiary esophageal waves
۱۷.۳ Lipoma seen on CT colonography
۱۷.۴ Hemangioma of the liver
۱۸.۱ Duplex color sonography of the carotid artery
۱۸.۲ Doppler effect (audio only)
۱۸.۳ Twisted vascular pedicle in testicular torsion
۱۸.۴ Sonohysterography
۱۸.۵ Ultrasound of fetus
۱۸.۶ Inguinal hernia containing bowel and fluid that is more prominent during cough
۱۸.۷ Acute appendicitis with an appendicolith
۱۸.۸ Contrast-enhanced ultrasound of the kidney demonstrating an enhancing renal mass
۱۹.۱ Color Doppler carotid with waveform
۱۹.۲ Pseudoaneurysm arising from the brachial artery after catheterization
۱۹.۳ Normal sliding motion of the pleura
۱۹.۴ Absence of sliding motion of the pleura due to a pneumothorax
۱۹.۵ Pneumothorax
۱۹.۶ Pericardial effusion
۱۹.۷ Elevated central venous pressure
۲۳.۱ Chance fracture: T10
۲۴.۱ Fractures of pelvis and ribs