Interpreting Trauma Radiographs (eBook)

Jonathan McConnell is Head of Medical Imaging at the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology in New Zealand. Prior to this appointment, he was Principal Lecturer in Media Imaging Sciences at St Martin's College, Lancaster and Carlisle, UK. Renata Eyres is Associate Dean for Academic Enterprise within the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford, UK. Julie Nightingale is Faculty Director of Postgraduate Studies within the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford, UK.

1. Introduction.

Section 1.

2. A Radiologist's Perspective.

3. Legal Aspects Arising in the Reporting of X-rays.

4. Uncertainty and Bias in Decision Making.

5. Pattern Recognition.

6. Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Skeletal System.

Section 2.

7. Skeletal Trauma of the Upper Limb.

8. Skeletal Trauma of the Lower Limb.

9. The Spine.

10. Pelvic Fractures.

11. Chest Trauma.

12. The Skull and Face.

Appendices.

Index

"Having spent nearly 100 years preventing non-medical staff from
reporting radiographs, a significant part of the radiological
profession, facing with the spiralling radiological workload, is
beginning to think otherwise. This book provides an invaluable
companion for those who would come around to this 'new'
concept.

This text is a valuable source of information for the following
professional groups. Radiographers experienced in skeletal
reporting or undertaking 'red dot' reporting and those training for
these roles; medical practitioners, in particular casualty
residents who work in emergency departments; physiotherapists and
other professional groups who have an interest in musculo-skeletal
trauma and pathology. Finally, I would recommend that this book be
available on the shelves of imaging departments' libraries for it
will greatly help the specialist registrars in radiology. Section
one would be particularly read with benefit by the latter."

Paediatric Radiology, 2006