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PocketRadiologist: Breast: Top 100 Diagnoses

This book is well organized, with careful attention is paid to malignancies such as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and inflammatory breast cancer.

January 26, 2004

Imaging in Trauma and Critical Care

Trauma and critical care patients are the most difficult to move though a department and the authors’ advise in this area is invaluable.

January 19, 2004

The Asian-Oceanian Textbook of Radiology

This is a useful book for all practicing general radiologists, and those in training in the Asia-Oceania region. Residents in other specialties, as well as medical students, will also find value in this title.

January 12, 2004

Best-case scenario: The most effective teaching files in radiology

On the first day of my residency, a respected staff member told me that the key to success was reading and reviewing no fewer than five teaching files a day, seven days a week. Great advice, but it took some unnecessary expenditures of money and time to determine which teaching files were appropriate in daily doses.

January 7, 2004

Residents leery of careers in breast imaging

By Shalmali Pal

Just in case you missed it, radiology residents really dislike breast imaging. That’s the word, once again, from a survey by Dr. Brian Englander at Thomas Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia. Englander presented his work in a poster at the 2003 RSNA show earlier this month.

December 14, 2003

Canadian residents remain hazy about sedation administration

By Shalmali Pal

CHICAGO - Canadian radiology residents are giving analgesia for conscious sedation without a clear understanding of the nature of the agents, according to the results of a Web-based survey. Dr. Kelly Mayson and colleagues from Vancouver General Hospital and the University of British Columbia polled residents at eight national programs, reporting their findings in a poster at the 2003 RSNA Wednesday.

December 3, 2003

ACR Learning File CD-ROM Series: Vascular & Interventional

The user would be hard pressed to find a disease not covered on this CD, with an emphasis on the most common ones.

November 17, 2003

MCQ Companion to Applied Radiological Anatomy

The MCQ Companion features a complete index, which is rarely found in study guides.

November 12, 2003

Applied Radiological Anatomy

The anatomic material that must be mastered during radiology residency can be overwhelming, but Applied Radiological Anatomy offers an excellent foundation of knowledge.

November 12, 2003

MRI: From Picture to Proton

This text successfully provides beginners and veterans with a guide through the fundamentals and complexities of MR, while always connecting the physics to the images.

October 28, 2003

Medical Imaging Consultant

Medical Imaging Consultant is an accessible text that serves to educate other medical staff about the pros and cons of various modalities. This book can also be used to acquire 1 credit of category 1 CME credit.

October 19, 2003

Bringing residents back to breast imaging: An insider’s perspective

Why does the very idea of breast imaging twist motivated, inspired residents into scowling malcontents? And what would it take to entice radiology residents back to breast imaging? Or is it too late? Dr. G. Eric Morgan from the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA, offers some answers.

October 15, 2003

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