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This book provides a practical guide to diagnostic radiology, with each chapter presenting a case-based tutorial that illustrates a specific aspect of diagnostic radiology required for undergraduate study. In addition, it discusses and assesses issues concerning basic principles in diagnostic radiology, imaging of head trauma, non-traumatic neurological emergencies, chest radiographs, pediatric radiology, and emerging radiological technologies.
Tutorials in Diagnostic Radiology for Medical Students is intended as a self-study guide, and offers a valuable asset for medical students and trainee radiologists, as well as educators.
List of contents
Introduction to Radiology.- Imaging of Head Trauma.- Spinal Trauma.- Body Trauma.- Fractures of the Upper and Lower Limbs.- Imaging of Non-traumatic Musculoskeletal Conditions.- Non-traumatic Neurological Emergencies.- The Chest Radiograph.- Cardiovascular Imaging.- The Abdominal Radiograph.- Radiological Approach to the Acute Abdomen.- Radiological Investigation of Common Malignancies.- Introduction to Paediatric Radiology.- Introduction to Nuclear Medicine.- Emerging Imaging Technologies.- Sample Examination Cases.
About the author
Ciaran Redmond, FFR (RCSI), is a Fellow in Radiology Education at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was previously an Honorary Lecturer in Radiology at University College Dublin, and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education for Radiology at the University of Dundee, Scotland.
Michael Lee, MD is a Professor of Radiology and Consultant in Imaging and Interventional Radiology with the Department of Radiology at Beaumont Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Professor Lee was a founding member and the first President of the Irish Society of Interventional Radiology. Since then he has held posts as President of the International Society of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology, as well as the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe. Having attended medical school at University College Dublin, he completed a Fellowship
in Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA (1989-1991), where he subsequently served as a Consultant (1991-1995).
