Workbook for Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures 12th Edition 3 Volume Set

You already have the most comprehensive and authoritative radiography text available -- now make sure you're getting the most out of it! The Workbook for Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures, 12th Edition, provides plenty of practice and review of concepts presented in the atlas, helping you learn faster and retain essential information. Authors Eugene Frank, Bruce Long, Barbara Smith, and Jeannean Hall Rollins concentrate on the essential terminology, anatomy, and positioning information needed to ensure that you'll be ready to take the ARRT exam and be thoroughly prepared for the clinical environment.

Key Features 

• Retains the features that have made this workbook so popular with Merrill's users: anatomy labeling exercises, short-answer and multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, true-false, fill-in-the-blanks, identifying structures on radiographs, identifying proper patient positioning, and self-tests.
• Provides a thorough review of osteology, anatomy, physiology, and radiographic procedures -- all in close correlation with Merrill's Atlas for optimum learning support.
• Offers a wide variety of exercises and other opportunities to interact with the content.
• Ensures that you can recognize anatomical structures on actual radiographs with an abundance of labeling exercises.
• Helps you understand which projections will best demonstrate various pathologies.
• Contains a comprehensive self-test at the end of every chapter, so you can accurately gauge your understanding of the material and measure your own progress.

New to this edition 

• Features exercises that support new digital positioning content in the Atlas.
• Prepares you for evaluating radiographs in clinical situations with new exercises on identifying errors on radiographs.

Contents

1. Introduction to Radiography
2. Compensating Filters
3. Anatomy and Positioning Terminology
4. Upper Limb
5. Shoulder Girdle
6. Lower Limb
7. Pelvis and Upper Femora
8. Vertebral Column
9. Bony Thorax
10. Thoracic Viscera
11. Long Bone Measurement
12. Contrast Arthrography
13. Trauma Radiography
14. Mouth and Salivary Glands
15. Anterior Part of Neck
16. Abdomen
17. Digestive System: Alimentary Tract
18. Urinary System and Venipuncture
19. Reproductive System
20. Skull
21. Facial Bones
22. Paranasal Sinuses
23. Mammography
24. Central Nervous System
25. Vascular, Cardiac and Interventional Radiography
26. Pediatric Imaging
27. Geriatric Radiography
28. Mobile Radiography
29. Surgical Radiography
30. Sectional Anatomy for Radiographers
31. Computed Tomography
32. Answers to Exercises

About the Authors 

• Eugene D. Frank, MA, RT(R), FASRT, FAEIRS, Retired Director, Radiography Program, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN; Assistant Professor of Radiology, Emeritus, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN. 
• Bruce W. Long, MS, RT(R)(CV), FASRT, Director and Associate Professor, Radiologic Imaging and Sciences Programs, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 
• Barbara J. Smith, MS, RT(R)(QM), FASRT, FAEIRS, Instructor, Radiologic Technology, Medical Imaging Department, Portland Community College, Portland, OR, USA. 
• Jeannean Hall Rollins, MRC, BSRT(R)(CV), Associate Professor, Radiologic Sciences, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 12 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323073247
• ISBN-13: 978-0323073240
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches

List Price: $96.95

Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures 12th Edition 3 Volume Set

With more than 400 projections presented, Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures remains the gold standard of radiographic positioning texts. Authors Eugene Frank, Bruce Long, and Barbara Smith have designed this comprehensive resource to be both an excellent textbook and also a superb clinical reference for practicing radiographers and physicians. You'll learn how to properly position the patient so that the resulting radiograph provides the information needed to reach an accurate diagnosis. An entire chapter has been developed on positioning obese patients. Complete information is included for the most common projections, as well as for those less commonly requested.

Key Features 

• Comprehensive coverage of anatomy and positioning makes Merrill's Atlas the most in-depth text and reference available for radiography students and practitioners.
• Essential projections that are frequently performed are identified with a special icon to help you focus on what you need to know as an entry-level radiographer.
• Full-color presentation helps visually clarify key concepts.
• Summaries of pathology are grouped in tables in positioning chapters for quick access to the likely pathologies for each bone group or body system.
• Special chapters, including trauma, surgical radiography, geriatrics/pediatrics, and bone densitometry help prepare you for the full scope of situations you will encounter.
• Exposure technique charts outline technique factors to use for the various projections in the positioning chapters.
• Projection summary tables at the beginning of each procedural chapter offer general chapter overviews and serve as handy study guides.
• Bulleted lists provide clear instructions on how to correctly position the patient and body part.
• Anatomy summary tables at the beginning of each positioning chapter describe and identify the anatomy you need to know in order to properly position the patient, set exposures, and take high-quality radiographs.
• Anatomy and positioning information is presented in separate chapters for each bone group or organ system, all heavily illustrated in full-color and augmented with CT scans and MRI images, to help you learn both traditional and cross-sectional anatomy.

New to this edition

• Includes a unique new section on working with and positioning obese patients.
• Offers coverage of one new compensating filter.
• Provides collimation sizes and other key information for each relevant projection.
• Features more CT and MRI images to enhance your understanding of cross-sectional anatomy and prepare you for the Registry exam.
• Offers additional digital images in each chapter, including "stitching" for long-length images of the spine and lower limb.
• Standardized image receptor sizes use English measurements with metric in parentheses.
• Depicts the newest equipment with updated photographs and images. 

Contents

VOLUME ONE

• 1. Introduction to Radiography
• 2. Compensating Filters
• 3. Anatomy and Positioning Terminology
• 4. Upper Limb
• 5. Shoulder Girdle
• 6. Lower Limb
• 7. Pelvis and Upper Femora
• 8. Vertebral Column
• 9. Bony Thorax
• 10. Thoracic Viscera
• Addendum A: Summary of Abbreviations

VOLUME TWO

• 11. Long Bone Measurement
• 12. Contrast Arthrography
• 13. Trauma Radiography
• 14. Mouth and Salivary Glands
• 15. Anterior Part of Neck: Pharynx, Larynx, Thyroid Gland
• 16. Digestive System: Abdomen, Liver, Spleen, Biliary Tract
• 17. Digestive System: Alimentary Tract
• 18. Urinary System and Venipuncture
• 19. Reproductive System
• 20. Skull
• 21. Facial Bones
• 22. Paranasal Sinuses
• 23. Mammography
• Addendum B: Summary of Abbreviations

VOLUME THREE

• 24. Central Nervous System
• 25. Circulatory System and Cardiac Catheterization
• 26. Pediatric Imaging
• 27. Geriatric Imaging
• 28. Mobile Radiography
• 29. Surgical Radiography
• 30. Sectional Anatomy for Radiographers
• 31. Computed Tomography
• 32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• 33. Diagnostic Ultrasound
• 34. Nuclear Medicine
• 35. Bone Densitometry
• 36. Radiation Oncology

About the Authors

• Eugene D. Frank, MA, RT(R), FASRT, FAEIRS, Retired Director, Radiography Program, Riverland Community College, Austin, MN; Assistant Professor of Radiology, Emeritus, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN. 
• Bruce W. Long, MS, RT(R)(CV), FASRT, Director and Associate Professor, Radiologic Imaging and Sciences Programs, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 
• Barbara J. Smith, MS, RT(R)(QM), FASRT, FAEIRS, Instructor, Radiologic Technology, Medical Imaging Department, Portland Community College, Portland, OR, USA. 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1484 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 12 edition (2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323073344
• ISBN-13: 978-0323073349
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.8 x 4.3 inches

List Price: $249.00 

McConnell: Index of Medical Imaging

The ‘Index of Medical Imaging' is the must-have companion for diagnostic radiography students and newly qualified imaging practitioners, designed to allow easy access to descriptions and discussions of many aspects of medical imaging such as radiographic projections, positioning, procedures and clinical examinations.

The Index consists of multiple lists, tables and discussions linked to (amongst others) radiography, CT, MRI and components such as radiological contrast agents, responses to contrast reactions, MRI safety. There is a glossary of terms and definitions plus a list of abbreviations that may be encountered within radiology. Tables are given that suggest the order and type of examination that should be performed as defined by the UK Royal College of Radiologists.

Key Features

• Supports clinical decision-making
• Glossary of key terms and abbreviations
• Unique format that consists of multiple lists, tables and discussions

Contents 

• 1 Positioning Terminology.
• 2 Digital Radiography Considerations.
• 3 Plain Radiography Projections.
• 4 Named Radiography Projections.
• 5 Procedures Using Contrast Agents +/– Fluoroscopy.
• 6 Mobile Radiography and Fluoroscopy.
• 7 Diagnostic Angiography.
• 8 Contrast Media, Emergency Drugs and Reaction Responses.
• 9 Computed Tomography Protocols.
• 10 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safety.
• 11 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences.
• 12 Typical Effective Doses from Diagnostic Medical Imaging Procedures.
• 13 Indicated Imaging.
• 14 Eponymous Injuries and Classification Systems.
• Appendix 1 Common Radiological and Medical Abbreviations.
• Appendix 2 Glossary of Common Terms for Medical Radiation Practice.
• Appendix 3 Typical Normal Blood Values.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (July 5, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405185449
• ISBN-13: 978-1405185448

List Price: $43.99

Sloane: Clark's Pocket Handbook for Radiographers

From the stable of 'Clark's Positioning in Radiography' now in it's 12th edition comes this practical pocket-sized rapid reference to radiographic techniques for students and qualified radiographers.

This hands-on guide provides clear and practical advice on the radiographer's day-to-day work. It covers how to position the patient and the central ray; gives guidance on the essential image characteristics; and each radiographic projection is illustrated with a positioning photograph and a radiograph, which, together with the key points, help the radiography achieve the ideal image result. This handbook also includes additional information such as image evaluation, medical abbreviations, relevant normal blood values and material on radiation protection; all relevant and useful advice for the radiographer.

Key Features

• A practical hands-on guide for rapid reference in the radiographer's day to day work.
• Key information given on correct patient positioning for all commonly-encountered projections.
• By the authors of the well-respected Clark's Positioning in Radiography now in its 12th edition.
• Convenient pocket-sized format.
• Excellent quality images - both patient photographs and radiographs for each projection.

About the Author(s)

• Charles Sloane MSc DCR DRI, Principal Lecturer and Radiography Course Leader, University of Cumbria, Lancaster, UK.
• Ken Holmes MSc TDCR DRI Cert CI, Senior Lecturer, School of Medical Imaging Sciences, University of Cumbria, Lancaster, UK.
• Craig Anderson MSc BSc, Clinical Tutor, X-ray Department, Furness General Hospital, Cumbria, UK.
• A Stewart Whitley FCR TDCR HDCR FETC, Radiology Advisor, UK Radiology Advisory Services Ltd, Preston, UK. 

Contents

Section 1: Key Aspects of Radiographic Practice

• Anatomical Terminology
• Positioning Terminology
• Projection Terminology
• Examinations
• Patient identification and Consent
• Justification of Examination
• Radiation protection
• Pregnancy
• Evaluating Images: ‘The 10-Point Plan’
• Examination Timeline
• Guidelines for the Assessment of Trauma
• Theatre Radiography

Section 2: Radiographic Projections

• Acromioclavicular joint
• Abdomen: AP supine
• Abdomen: Prone
• Abdomen: Left Lateral Decubitus
• AP
• Ankle: Lateral
• Calcanium: Axial
• Cervical Spine: AP
• Cervical Spine: Lateral Erect
• Cervical Spine: C1/C2 (open mouth)
• Cervical Spine: Lateral ‘Swimmers’
• Cervical Spine: Lateral Supine
• Cervical Spine: Oblique
• Cervical Spine: Flexion & Extension
• Chest: PA
• Chest: AP
• Chest: Lateral
• Chest: Supine
• Chest: Mobile/Trolley
• Clavicle: PA
• Clavicle: Infero-superior
• Coccyx Lat
• Elbow: AP
• Elbow AP: alternate
• Elbow: Lateral
• Facial Bones: Occipito-mental
• Facial Bones: Occipito-mental 30
• Femur: AP
• Femur: Lat
• Fingers: DP
• Fingers: Lateral index and middle
• Fingers: Lateral ring and little
• Foot: DP
• Foot: Oblique
• Foot: Lateral Erect
• Forearm: AP
• Forearm: Lateral
• Hand: DP
• Hand: DP Oblique
• Hand: Lateral
• Hip: AP
• Hip: Lateral Neck of Femur
• Hip: Frog Lateral
• Humerus: AP
• Humerus: Lateral
• Knee: AP
• Knee: Lateral
• Knee: Horizontal Beam Lateral
• Knee: Intercondylar Notch
• Knee: Skyline Patella
• Lumbar Spine: AP
• Lumbar Spine: Lateral
• Lumbar Spine: Oblique
• Lumbar Sacral Junction: Lateral
• Mandible: Lateral
• Mandible: Lateral Oblique (supine)
• Orbits: Modified Occipito-mental
• OPG
• Pelvis: AP
• Sacroiliac Joints
• Sacrum AP
• Sacrum Lat
• Scaphoid Anterior Oblique
• Scaphoid Post Oblique
• Scaphoid 45 degree
• Shoulder Girdle: AP
• Shoulder Joint: AP
• Shoulder: Supero-inferior (axial)
• Shoulder: ‘Y’ projection/Lateral Scapula
• Sinuses: Occipito-mental
• Sinuses: Lateral
• Sinuses: Occipito-frontal
• Skull: Occipito-frontal 20°?
• Skull: Half-axial, Occipital-frontal 30°? (Towne’s)
• Skull: Lateral Erect
• Skull: Fronto-occiptial O20°? (Supine/Trolley)
• Skull: Modified half axial (Supine/Trolley)
• Skull: Lateral Supine (Trolley)
• Sternum: Lateral
• Thumb: AP
• Thoracic Spine: AP
• Thoracic Spine: Lateral
• Thumb: Lateral
• Tibia & Fibula: AP
• Tibia & Fibula: Lat
• Toe-Hallux
• Toes-2nd to 5th
• Wrist: PA
• Wrist: Lateral
• Zygomatic arches

Section 3: Useful Information for Radiographic Practice

• Non Imaging Diagnostic Tests
• Medical Terminology
• Abbreviations

Book Details

• Paperback: 242 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Education; 1 edition (July 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340939931
• ISBN-13: 978-0340939932

List Price: $35.00

Dougherty: Digital Image Processing for Medical Applications

The influence and impact of digital images on modern society, science, technology and art are tremendous. Image processing has become such a critical component in contemporary science and technology that many tasks would not be attempted without it. It is a truly interdisciplinary subject that draws from synergistic developments involving many disciplines and is used in medical imaging, microscopy, astronomy, computer vision, geology and many other fields.

The rapid and continuing progress in computerized medical image reconstruction, and the associated developments in analysismethods and computer-aided diagnosis, have propelled medical imaging into one of the most important sub-fields in scientific imaging. This book takes its motivation from medical applications and uses real medical images and situations to clarify and consolidate concepts and to build intuition, insight and understanding. An overview of the fundamentals of the most important clinical imaging modalities in use is included to provide a context, and to illustrate how the images are produced and acquired.

This is a text for use in a first practical course in image processing and analysis, for final-year undergraduate or first-year graduate students with a background in biomedical engineering, computer science, radiologic sciences or physics.

Designed for readerswho will become “end users” of digital image processing in the biomedical sciences, it emphasizes the conceptual framework and the effective use of image processing tools and uses mathematics as a tool, minimizing the advanced mathematical development of other textbooks.

Discussions of the major medical imaging modalities enable students to understand the diagnostic tasks for which images are needed and the typical distortions and artifacts associated with each modality. This knowledge then motivates the presentation of the techniques needed to reverse distortions, minimize artifacts and enhance important features. Students understand why they are undertaking particular operations, and the practical activities enable them to see in real time how operations affect real images. Image processing is a hands-on discipline, and the best way to learn is by doing. Theory and practice are linked, each reinforcing the other.

The key distinguishing features of the book are as follows.

• Its pedagogical approach combines intuition with problem-solving, and emphasizes conceptual learning, i.e. understanding the “big picture,” rather than getting overwhelmed with the details.
  
• Overviews summarize the essential purpose of the material covered in each chapter.
  
• Learning objectives list the specific knowledge and skills to be acquired.
  
• Practical computer-based activities, referred to in each chapter, build intuition, skills and confidence. They can be used by the instructor for class demonstrations and/or by the students as hands-on activities.
  
• Accessible end-of-chapter problems reinforce and consolidate understanding.
  
• Only a modest background in mathematics and science, at the level of College/ University entry, is assumed. 

Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Imaging systems
• 3. Medical images obtained with ionizing radiation
• 4. Medical images obtained with non-ionizing radiation
• 5. Fundamentals of digital image processing
• 6. Image enhancement in the spatial domain
• 7. Image enhancement in the frequency domain
• 8. Image restoration
• 9. Morphological image processing
• 10. Image segmentation
• 11. Feature recognition and classification
• 12. Three-dimensional visualization
• 13. Medical applications of imaging
• 14. Frontiers of image processing in medicine
• Appendix A. The Fourier Series and Fourier Transform
• Appendix B. Set theory and probability
• Appendix C. Shape and texture
• Bibliography
• Index

Book Details

• Hardcover: 462 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521860857
• ISBN-13: 978-0521860857
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 1.1 inches

List Price: $84.00

Bushong: Radiologic Science for Technologists: Physics, Biology, and Protection 9th Edition

Develop the skills and knowledge to make informed decisions regarding technical factors and diagnostic imaging quality with this highly detailed, vibrantly illustrated, full-color resource. Updated with the latest advances in radiologic science, this new edition addresses a broad range of radiologic disciplines, providing a strong foundation in the study and practice of radiologic physics, imaging, radiobiology, radiation protection, and more. Unique learning tools strengthen your understanding of key concepts, and challenging review exercises help you prepare for success on the ARRT certification exam and in the workplace.

Book Features

• Quick-reference guides printed on colored end sheets provide easy access to frequently used formulas, conversion tables, abbreviations, and more.
• Special Math Formulas boxes and Important Concepts boxes emphasize key chapter content.
• A full-color design highlights important information and clarifies concepts.
• Objectives, key terms, outlines, introductions, and summaries for every chapter help you organize material and identify vital information.
• Challenge Questions at the end of each chapter test your understanding of terms, concepts, and formulas with a variety of definition exercises, short answer questions, and calculations.

New in this edition

• Significant chapter updates help you ensure success on the ARRT exam and keep you current with the latest practices in mammography, interventional radiology, multislice spiral computed tomography, and radiation protection.
• A new chapter on The Digital Image identifies the benefits and challenges of working with digital imaging and familiarizes you with technology you'll encounter in the clinical setting.
• A new Viewing the Digital Image chapter guides you through the most up-to-date viewing practices to ensure an accurate understanding.
• An expanded glossary introduces important new terms common to today's practice settings.

Contents 

Pt. I Radiologic Physics

• 1 Concepts of Radiologic Science 2
• 2 Fundamentals of Radiologic Science 16
• 3 The Structure of Matter 37
• 4 Electromagnetic Energy 56
• 5 Electricity, Magnetism, and Electromagnetism 72

Pt. II The X-Ray Beam

• 6 The X-ray Imaging System 100
• 7 The X-ray Tube 119
• 8 X-ray Production 138
• 9 X-ray Emission 151
• 10 X-ray Interaction With Matter 162

Pt. III The Radiograph

• 11 Radiographic Film 180
• 12 Processing the Latent Image 193
• 13 Radiographic Intensifying Screens 207
• 14 Control of Scatter Radiation 223
• 15 Radiographic Technique 244
• 16 Image Quality 272
• 17 Image Artifacts 297
• 18 Quality Control 304

Pt. IV Advanced X-Ray Imaging

• 19 Mammography 318
• 20 Mammography Quality Control 331
• 21 Fluoroscopy 346
• 22 Interventional Radiology 360
• 23 Multislice Spiral Computed Tomography 367

Pt. V Digital Imaging

• 24 Computer Science 396
• 25 Computed Radiography 412
• 26 Digital Radiography 426
• 27 Digital Fluoroscopy 436
• 28 The Digital Image 449
• 29 Viewing the Digital Image 466
• 30 Digital Display Quality Control 478
• 31 Digital Image Artifacts 486

Pt. VI Radiobiology

• 32 Human Biology 500
• 33 Fundamental Principles of Radiobiology 512
• 34 Molecular and Cellular Radiobiology 520
• 35 Early Effects of Radiation 534
• 36 Late Effects of Radiation 549

Pt. VII Radiation Protection

• 37 Health Physics 570
• 38 Designing for Radiation Protection 580
• 39 Patient Radiation Dose Management 597
• 40 Occupational Radiation Dose Management 613

Glossary

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 9 edition (March 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323048374
• ISBN-13: 978-0323048378
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches 
• Author: Stewart C. Bushong 

List Price: $102.00

Lavin: Radiography in Veterinary Technology 4th Edition

Written by a veterinary technician for veterinary technicians, students, and veterinary practice application, this concise, step-by-step text will help users consistently produce excellent radiographic images. It covers the physics of radiography, the origin of film artifacts, and positioning and restraint of small, large, avian, and exotic animals. It discusses everything from patient preparation, handling, and positioning to technical evaluation of the finished product.

Key Features

• 500 illustrations and abundant charts and diagrams.
• Explicit, clear patient positioning guidelines, including where to collimate, anatomical landmarks, drawings of the animal positioned, and the resulting radiograph.
• A radiographic technique chart that shows how to troubleshoot radiographic quality.
• Boxed outlines that provide a concise, ready reference regarding technique in the section on special radiographic procedures.
• A guide to quality control (including tests).
• A special procedure guide, including how to use contrast media.
• A chart on how to develop a technique guide.
• Chapter outlines, glossaries, and references.
• Case studies that illustrate artifacts.
• Key points and review questions follow every chapter.
• A new chapter on digital veterinary radiography.

Contents

Part One Radiographic Theory and Equipment

• 1. X-ray production
• 2. Anatomy of the x-ray machine
• 3. Radiation safety
• 4. Exposure factors
• 5. Radiographic quality
• 6. Image receptors
• 7. Film processing
• 8. Radiographic technique evaluation
• 9. Developing a technique chart
• 10. Quality assurance/quality control
• 11. Technical artifacts and errors: case studies

Part Two Radiographic Positioning

• 12. General principles of positioning
• 13. Small animal forelimb
• 14. Small animal pelvis and hind limb
• 15. Small animal skull
• 16. Small animal spine
• 17. Small animal soft tissue
• 18. Special procedures
• 19. Large animal radiography
• 20. Avian and exotic radiography
• 21. Alternative imaging technologies
• 22. Digital veterinary radiography NEW!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Saunders; 4 edition (July 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416031898
• ISBN-13: 978-1416031895
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches

List Price: $65.95