Ohio University Press' White Coat Pocket Guide Series currently consists of two pocket handbooks, both written and edited by osteopathic physicians, and both aimed at improving practitioners' understanding of various diagnostic tests. The first book in this series, The Guide to EKG Interpretation, written and edited by John A. Brose, DO, and coauthored by John C. Auseon, DO; Daniel Waksman, DO; and Michael J. Jarosick, DO (Athens: Ohio University Press; 2006), is designed as a convenient resource for medical students and physicians who need immediate information regarding echocardiograms. Like its predecessor in the series, The Radiology Handbook: A Pocket Guide to Medical Imaging is designed to serve as a basic introduction and handy reference tool for physicians-in-training. The guide is most appropriate for those who are not pursuing the specialty of radiology but who require immediate information on ordering and interpreting a variety of radiologic images for their patients. This concise, practical, easy-to-read handbook fits into a lab coat pocket for a quick and accessible topical review of various imaging studies that a family physician might order.
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The Radiology Handbook, Jeff S. Benseler, DO, is a practicing clinical radiologist and associate professor of radiology at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr Benseler's proficiency in radiology and his more than 20 years of teaching experience form the backbone of this guide. The result is the kind of product that busy clinicians need most: a hands-on reference book that readers can thumb through to quickly locate the desired information.
A certain amount of the ease physicians will have in consulting The Radiology Handbook is the result of its simple three-part structure: “Ordering Schemes,” “Imaging Overview,” and “Imaging Anatomy and Pathology.” Together, these sections examine in a concise and practical fashion every region of the body and every type of imaging study that can be ordered.
In addition to its reader-friendly format, The Radiology Handbook provides high-quality images and related drawings and diagrams. Its superb image quality will be highly effective at refreshing practitioners' knowledge of radiology.
I recommend, without hesitation, The Radiology Handbook: A Pocket Guide to Medical Imaging for all medical students and residents in family medicine. In addition, I believe that it would be an excellent resource for physicians in practice who commonly order radiologic studies for their patients. ♦