Grainger & Allison's Diagnostic Radiology: 2-Volume Set

Long recognized as the standard general reference in the field, this completely revised edition of  Grainger and Allison?s Diagnostic Radiology provides all the information that a trainee needs to master to successfully take their professional certification examinations as well as providing the practicing radiologist with a refresher on topics that may have been forgotten. Organized along an organ and systems basis, this resource covers all diagnostic imaging modalities in an integrated, correlative fashion and focuses on those topics that really matter to a trainee radiologist in the initial years of training. "...the latest edition ...  continues the fine tradition set by its predecessors.... help young radiologists to prepare for their examinations and continue to be a source of information to be dipped in and out of ... senior radiologists will also find the book useful ..." Reviewed by: RAD Magazine March 2015  "I am sure the current edition will be successful and help young radiologists to prepare for their examinations and continue to be a source of information to be dipped in and out of..." Reviewed by RAD Magazine, March 2015 Master the field and prepare for certification or recertification with a succinct, comprehensive account of the entire spectrum of imaging modalities and their clinical applications. Effectively apply the latest techniques and approaches with complete updates throughout including 4 new sections (Abdominal Imaging, The Spine, Oncological Imaging, and Interventional Radiology) and 28 brand new chapters. Gain the fresh perspective of two new editors-Jonathan Gillard and Cornelia Schaefer-Prokop -- eight new section editors -- Michael Maher, Andrew Grainger, Philip O'Connor, Rolf Jager, Vicky Goh, Catherine Owens, Anna Maria Belli, Michael Lee -- and 135 new contributors. Stay current with the latest developments in imaging techniques such as CT, MR, ultrasound, and coverage of hot topics such as: Image guided biopsy and ablation techniques and Functional and molecular imaging. Solve even your toughest diagnostic challenges with guidance from nearly 4,000 outstanding illustrations. Quickly grasp the fundamentals you need to know through a more concise, streamlined format. Access the full text online at Expert Consult.

Table of Contents:
VOLUME 1 SECTION ONE Imaging techniques and general issues 1. RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES 2. CONTRAST MEDIA 3. ANGIOGRAPHY: PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES AND COMPLICATIONS 4. ULTRASOUND 5. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY 6. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING 7. RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING: NUCLEAR MEDICINE (NM) INCLUDING POSITRON EMISSION IMAGING (PET) 8. FUNCTIONAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IMAGING 9. RADIATION ISSUES RADIATION PROTECTION AND PATIENT DOSES IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING 10. PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PACS) 11. CLINICAL GOVERNANCE - INCLUDING AUDIT, MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS, ETC. SECTION TWO The chest and cardiovascular system 11. TECHNIQUES AND ANATOMY 12. THE NORMAL CHEST 13. THE CHEST WALL, PLEURA AND DIAPHRAGM 14. THE MEDIASTINUM INCLUDING THE PERICARDIUM 15. PULMONARY INFECTION IN ADULTS 16. LARGE AIRWAY DISEASE AND CHRONIC AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION 17. PULMONARY LOBAR COLLAPSE: ESSENTIAL CONSIDERATIONS 18. PULMONARY NEOPLASMS 19. INTERSTITIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE 20. TRAUMA AND INTENSIVE CARE RADIOLOGY 21. AIR-SPACE DISEASES 22. CARDIAC TECHNIQUES AND ANATOMY 23. CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 24. ACQUIRED VALVULAR HEART DISEASE AND POSTOPERATIVE FEATURES 25. ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE 26. THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION AND PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM 27. THE AORTA 28. THE PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM SECTION THREE Gastrointestinal imaging 29. ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUES INCLUDING THE PLAIN ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPH 30. THE OESOPHAGUS 31. THE STOMACH 32. THE SMALL INTESTINE INCLUDING THE DUODENUM 33. THE LARGE BOWEL 34. IMAGING OF THE PERITONEUM, MESENTERY AND OMENTUM 35. THE LIVER, INCLUDING TRANSPLANTATION ISSUES 36. THE BILIARY SYSTEM 37. THE PANCREAS VOLUME 2 SECTION FOUR The genitourinary tract 38. TECHNIQUES AND ANATOMY 39. RENAL PARENCHYMAL DISEASE INCLUDING RENAL FAILURE, RENOVASCULAR DISEASE AND TRANSPLANTATION 40. RENAL MASSES 41. UPPER URINARY TRACT TO INCLUDE CALCULUS DISEASE AND UROTHELIAL LESIONS 42. LOWER URINARY TRACT: THE BLADDER, PROSTATE AND URETHRA 43. TRAUMA TO THE GENITOURINARY TRACT 44. THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM SECTION FIVE The musculoskeletal system 45. TECHNIQUES AND IMAGING OF SOFT TISSUES 46. SKELETAL TRAUMA 47. BONE TUMOURS (1): GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, BENIGN LESIONS 48. BONE TUMOURS (2): MALIGNANT LESIONS 49. METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE DISEASE OF THE SKELETON - INCLUDING BONE DENSITY ETC. 50. JOINT DISEASE 51. MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES INCLUDING INFECTION SECTION SIX Women's Imaging 52. THE BREAST: TECHNIQUES AND IMAGING INCLUDING CANCER SCREENING 53. IMAGING IN OBSTETRICS AND INFERTILITY 54. IMAGING IN GYNAECOLOGY SECTION SEVEN Neuroradiology including head and neck 55. TECHNIQUES AND ANATOMY 56. BENIGN AND MALIGNANT INTRACRANIAL TUMOURS IN ADULTS 57. CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE AND NONTRAUMATIC INTRACRANIAL HAEMORRHAGE 58. CNS INFECTIONS, AIDS; INFLAMMATORY, DEMYELINATING AND METABOLIC DISEASES 59. INTRACRANIAL TRAUMA, CSF DISTURBANCES, DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS AND EPILEPSY 60. THE SPINE: TECHNIQUES AND IMAGING 61. THE ORBIT 62. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT RADIOLOGY 63. MAXILLOFACIAL AND SKULL BASE TRAUMA AND DENTAL RADIOLOGY SECTION EIGHT Paediatrics 64. THE PAEDIATRIC CHEST 65. PAEDIATRIC ABDOMINAL IMAGING 66. IMAGING OF THE KIDNEYS AND URINARY TRACT IN CHILDREN 67. SKELETAL RADIOLOGY IN CHILDREN 68. MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA AND NON-ACCIDENTAL INJURY IN CHILDREN SECTION NINE Miscellaneous disorders 69. IMAGING OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 70. RETICULOENDOTHELIAL DISORDERS: LYMPHOMA 71. RETICULOENDOTHELIAL DISORDERS: THE SPLEEN 72. MYELOPROLIFERATIVE AND SIMILAR DISORDERS 73. STAGING OF TUMOURS AND ISSUES RELATED TO THERAPY PLANNING AND CHEMOTHERAPY