Bone and Joint Imaging

Book info: Bone and Joint Imaging (Hardcover, 1536 pages) – Saunders, 2004. Language: English.

Over 3,800 exquisite images demonstrate every principle and capture the characteristic presentations of the most frequently encountered disorders. The result is a remarkably thorough, yet focused and pragmatic, source of clinical guidance.The New Edition updates and distills all of the most important content from Dr. Donald Resnick's 5-volume Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Disorders, 4th Edition into a single, concise source. Together with new co-editor Mark J. Kransdorf, MD, Dr. Resnick and 38 other distinguished experts zero in on the specific, state-of-the-art musculoskeletal imaging and interpretation knowledge practitioners need today.

• Provides 2,900 outstanding images that depict all important concepts, techniques, and findings.
• Represents a highly efficient review source for oral and written radiology examinations, as well as an indispensable reference tool for clinical practice.

• Covers hot topics such as spinal interventional procedures • cartilage imaging • disorders of muscle • diagnostic ultrasonography • internal derangement of joints • target-area approach to articular disorders • rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases • crystal-induced diseases • sports injuries • MR arthrography • and much more.
• Offers an increased emphasis on MR imaging, an increasingly important and versatile diagnostic modality.
• Presents many new illustrations not found in the Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Disorders, 4th Edition 5-volume set.

About the Author Donald Resnick, MD, Chief, Osteoradiology Section, Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; and Mark J. Kransdorf, MD, Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL