{"id":1079,"date":"2009-05-28T11:35:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T18:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2009-10-27T09:37:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T16:37:05","slug":"direct-diagnosis-in-radiology-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/2009\/05\/28\/direct-diagnosis-in-radiology-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Diagnosis in Radiology Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Brain Imaging: K. Sartor, S. Haehnel, and B. Kress. New York:<sup> <\/sup>Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008, 307 pages, 338 illustrations,<sup> <\/sup>$59.95<\/em>.<\/strong><sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Head and Neck Imaging: U. Moedder, M. Cohnen, K. Andersen, et<sup> <\/sup>al. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008, 270 pages, 180<sup> <\/sup>illustrations, $59.95<\/em>.<\/strong><sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Spinal Imaging: H. Imhof, B. Halpern, A.M. Herneth, et al. New<sup> <\/sup>York: Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008, 312 pages, 347 illustrations,<sup> <\/sup>$59.95<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the increasing trend in radiology book publication,<sup> <\/sup>3 new titles from Thieme dealing with neuroradiology present<sup> <\/sup>material in a staccato bulletlike manner. These 3 separate volumes,<sup> <\/sup>each in paperback form and just under 300 pages, are <em>Brain Imaging<\/em><sup> <\/sup>(authors: Sartor, Haehnel, Kress), <em>Head and Neck Imaging<\/em> (authors:<sup> <\/sup>Moedder, Cohnen, Andersen, Engelbrecht, Fritz), and <em>Spinal Imaging<\/em><sup> <\/sup>(authors: Imhof, Halpern, Herneth, Friedrick, Matzner, Mueller-Mang,<sup> <\/sup>Noebaurer-Hulnman, Prayer, Sommer, Wolf). These are part of<sup> <\/sup>the overall series, which also includes nearly equal-sized books<sup> <\/sup>on gastrointestinal, cardiac, breast, genitourinary, and pediatric<sup> <\/sup>radiology. Other titles in the series will come out later in<sup> <\/sup>2008\u2014musculoskeletal, genitourinary, interventional, vascular,<sup> <\/sup>and thoracic radiology.<sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p>These all follow the same format, with abbreviations defined<sup> <\/sup>in the front of the book, followed by approximately 90 of the<sup> <\/sup>most common diagnoses in each category. For example, under petrous<sup> <\/sup>bone, there are 9 diseases; under brain inflammation, there<sup> <\/sup>are 10 diseases; and under spine tumors, there are 19 diseases.<sup> <\/sup>The setup for each disease is as follows: There is a definition<sup> <\/sup>of the entity (etiology, pathogenesis), imaging signs (technique<sup> <\/sup>of choice, typical radiologic findings), clinical aspects of<sup> <\/sup>the disease, differential diagnosis, short reference list, and<sup> <\/sup>a classic image of the disease under consideration. So as just<sup> <\/sup>1 example under cholesteotoma, one has at hand a listing of<sup> <\/sup>the typical structures eroded, what the CT\/MR imaging findings<sup> <\/sup>are, what specific information the clinician wants to know,<sup> <\/sup>how such a patient may be treated, and what other diagnoses<sup> <\/sup>could be considered.<sup> <\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The main value of these books is to allow a quick visual review<sup> <\/sup>of common diagnoses in a volume that easily fits into one&#8217;s<sup> <\/sup>lab coat. In this reviewer&#8217;s opinion, these books cannot compete<sup> <\/sup>with the more richly illustrated Amirsys Inc (Salt Lake City,<sup> <\/sup>Utah) series, but nonetheless, for those who want a succinct<sup> <\/sup>review (with little in-depth discussion), these could be attractive.<sup> <\/sup>One cannot recommend that these be purchased by an individual,<sup> <\/sup>but they might be of value for a resident\/fellow library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Imaging: K. Sartor, S. Haehnel, and B. Kress. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008, 307 pages, 338 illustrations, $59.95. Head and Neck Imaging: U. Moedder, M. Cohnen, K. Andersen, et al. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers; 2008, 270 pages,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":313,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,151],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2213,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions\/2213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ajnrblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}