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COLBERT, C. and GARRETT, C , 1969. Photodensitometry of
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Book review
Medical Imaging. A Basic Course. Edited by Louis Kreel
with a foreword by Professor R. E. Steiner, pp. viii + 256,
330 illus., 29 tables, 1979 (H. M. & M. Publishers Ltd.,
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), 18-00.
ISBN 0-85602-069-9
It is now 84 years since Dr. Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen
discovered X rays. In that time conventional diagnostic
radiology has established itself as an acceptable and very
reliable imaging method and many would consider its
position in this respect unassailable. In spite of this, such has
been the impact of the introduction of the three newer
imaging methods, computerized tomography (CT), ultrasound (US), and isotopes (IS) that in this book on medical
imaging, conventional radiology hardly gets a mention. The
aim of the book is to provide a basic text which records the
available experience at the present time in the three different
scanning modalities: computerized tomography, ultrasound
and isotope imaging. A short chapter describing nuclear
magnetic resonance has also been included. The production
of the book was stimulated by the British Council course on
medical imaging held in 1977 at Northwick Park Hospital
and Clinical Research Centre, Harrow.
The book is produced primarily for radiologists. It sets
out to provide a comprehensive cover of the main topics
from experienced workers in each field and to be sufficiently
clear and detailed so that it can act as a practical guide to the
theory, equipment and science of the various scanning
techniques. It succeeds admirably in this aim so far as CT is
concerned (1 56 of the 240 pages of text are devoted to CT)
but it is much less successful with ultrasound (51 pages).
Isotope imaging gets scant treatment (only 13 pages). The 24
contributors are all experts in their field. CT is comprehensively described and beautifully illustrated; for this alone the
book is valuable.
The text is presented in eight parts. Section 1 covers the
theory, technical aspects and equipment of CT, ultrasound,
isotopes and nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, zeugmatography. Section 2 describes and illustrates the normal
axial anatomy of the brain, skull, thorax, abdomen and
pelvis. Section 3 deals with patient preparation and contrast
medium enhancement in CT. Section 4 is on CT of the head
and it includes a short description of ultrasonography of the
orbits. Section 5 covers CT of the body including the
thorax, liver, pancreas, kidneys, lymph nodes, retroperitoneum and pelvis and the applications of CT in
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