Medical imaging for the health care provider : practical radiograph interpretation / Theresa M. Campo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campo, Theresa M., author.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Barton Hirst Lippincott Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diagnostic imaging.

Image analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2017]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Reviewers; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Share Medical Imaging for the Health Care Provider: Practical Radiograph Interpretation; Unit I: Introduction to Medical Imaging Including Radiographs, CT, Nuclear Scans, MRIs, and Ultrasonography; Chapter 1: Radiology Basics; History of Radiology; Factors Affecting Images; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 2: Radiating Testing Modalities; Radiographs; Computed Tomography (CT); Nuclear Scanning; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 3: Nonradiating Testing Modalities; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Ultrasonography.

Considerations When Ordering Diagnostic Medical ImagingConclusion; Resources; Unit II: Interpreting Chest and Abdominal Radiographs; Chapter 4: Basic Interpretation of the Chest; Radiographic Densities; Adequacy of Radiographs; Pediatric Considerations (Comparison of Adult and Infant/Child); Mediastinal Width; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 5: Abnormalities Found on Radiographs of the Chest; Atelectasis; Pulmonary Edema; Pleural Effusion; Interpretation of Infiltrates and Consolidation; Pneumothorax; Tension Pneumothorax; Pneumomediastinum; Hyperaeration; Masses and Tumors; Conclusion.

ResourcesChapter 6: Basic Interpretation of the Abdomen; Interpretation and Normal Findings; Free Air and Air-Fluid Levels; Calcifications; Foreign Bodies; Dilated Small Bowel; Dilated Large Bowel and Megacolon; Conclusion; Resources; Unit III: Interpretation of Extremity Radiographs; Chapter 7: Basic Interpretation of Long Bone-Upper Extremity Radiographs; Normal; Abnormalities of the Upper Extremity; Bone Lesions; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 8: Basic Interpretation of Long Bone-Lower Extremity Radiographs; Normal; Describing Fractures; Pediatric Considerations.

Abnormalities of the Lower ExtremityConclusion; Resources; Unit IV: Interpretation of Spine Radiographs; Chapter 9: Basic Interpretation of Cervical Spine Radiographs; Normal; Abnormalities; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 10: Basic Interpretation of Thoracic Spine Radiographs; Normal; Abnormalities; Conclusion; Resources; Chapter 11: Basic Interpretation of Lumbar Spine Radiographs; Normal; Abnormalities; Conclusion; Resources; Index.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 17, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Barton Hirst Lippincott Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780826131270

0826131271

Publisher Number:

99970822481

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.