Fogelman I, Clark SEM, Cook G, Gnanasegaran G, eds. An Atlas of Clinical Nuclear Medicine. 3rd ed. CRC Press; 2014; 1607 pp; $308
This large (just over 1600-page) atlas of nuclear medicine (3rd edition), edited by Drs. Fogelman, Clarke, Cook, and Gnanasegaran, all from the UK, devotes only a relatively small portion to the brain (62 pages to the spine and bony calarum, and to masses of the neck). Certainly not aimed to neuroradiologists. However, with the increasing overlap of PET/CT, SPECT/CT and endocrinology images, this would make an appropriate addition to any radiology library.
As one would expect, the chapters are divided amongst bone, endocrinology, renal, oncology, brain, cardiology, lunch liver/spleen, GI, pediatrics, and infection therapy. Looking through the images and the text, one realizes how often at interdisciplinary neurosciences conferences one is requested to look at a nuclear study, and how not infrequently a neuroradiologist may feel a bit on shaky ground. This atlas can serve as a refresher for disease, which is often part of a neurological or orthopedic work up.
There are plentiful examples of most abnormalities one is likely to encounter, often accompanied by CT and or plain radiographs.
