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COMPREHENSIVE RADIOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY
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Fourth Edition
By
Ronald Eisenberg, MD, JD, FACR, Chairman of Radiology, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA; Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of California
at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; and University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA
Nancy Johnson, BA, RT(R)(CV)(CT)(QM), Faculty, Medical Radiography Program, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZ
Reviews
Eisenberg, Ronald L., MD, JD, FACR; Johnson, Nancy M., BA, RT(R)(CV)(CT)(QM)
[BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA]
ISBN: 978-0-323-03624-5, NLM:
WN 200, LC: RC78, 516 pages, soft cover.
[DOODY'S NOTES]
[REVIEWER'S EXPERT OPINION]
Mary L Bloomfield, BA(Froedtert
Hospital)
**Description**
This book covers the basic pathology of the human body using a systematic approach and details radiographic
imaging of the diseases. Although the basic pathology does not change, this fourth edition contains expanded information and a helpful
chapter on specialized imaging techniques. The previous edition was published in 2003.
**Purpose**
The purpose is to educate
radiologic technology students and radiologic technologists about disease processes of the human body systems and organs. It also prepares
them to appropriately radiograph the pathology and to recognize the radiographic appearance of specific diseases. Recognizing and appropriately
imaging specific diseases is an important part of the field of radiologic technology. This excellent book meets the objectives very well.
**Audience**
The
book does an excellent job of explaining the pathologic conditions at a level that radiologic technology students can easily understand.
It also would be very good for radiographers to review or augment what they learned in school. Radiographers who have a clear understanding
of pathology become more competent members of the healthcare team. The authors are an excellent team.
Ronald Eisenberg is an MD and
Nancy Johnson is a radiologic technologist.
**Features**
An excellent introductory chapter is followed by a chapter on specialized
imaging techniques. Subsequent chapters cover the pathology system by system (i.e. respiratory system, nervous system, endocrine system).
This book is organized well (the Radiographer Notes are an excellent way to begin each chapter), and the summary tables are helpful.
The many pictures of radiographs are what set this book apart, however. They are collectively the best images I have seen in a pathology
text. Many of them are large and are really helpful to students trying to recognize the pathology on a radiograph. Now that this book
contains a specific chapter on specialized imaging techniques, I can't see any shortcomings. It is all around an excellent learning tool.
**Assessment**
This
is the best radiographic pathology book on the market. It offers the information at the right level for students.
Robbins
and Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease
, 7th edition, Kumar et al. (Elsevier, 2005) goes into much more depth and is written
at a level that is difficult for radiologic technology students to understand.
Radiographic Pathology for Technologists
,
5th edition, Kowalczyk and Mace (Elsevier, 2009), is written at a more understandable level but it doesn't cover as many conditions and
diseases. Also, neither of these has the excellent radiographic images that this book contains. The many new features in this fourth
edition justify replacing the previous edition.
Weighted Numerical Score: 97 - 5 Stars!
Comprehensive radiographic
pathology, 4th ed.
Eisenberg, Ronald L. and Nancy M. Johnson.
Elsevier Mosby, 2007 516 p. $72.95 RC78978-0-323-03624-5Offering
a foundation in the basic principles of pathology, Eisenberg (radiology, University of California-San Francisco) and Johnson (medical
radiology, GateWay Community College) concentrate on the radiographic appearance of diseases and injuries that are most likely to be
diagnosed with medical imaging. Material is grouped by body system. Radiographer notes in every chapter provide suggestions for producing
optimal radiographs for each organ system and discuss how to handle the needs of different patients. Summary tables list diseases, their
locations, radiographic appearance, and treatment. Appendices give information on prefixes, suffixes, and roots, and lab values and their
significance, and a glossary is also included. The book's art program features hundreds of b&w medical images, includes those from new
imaging modalities such as SPECT, PET, CT, MR, ultrasound, and fusion. This fourth edition contains new material on hepatitis variation,
SARS, anthrax, and Marfan's syndrome. There is also expanded discussion of how CT and MR scans are used in diagnosis. (Annotation 2008
Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
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