Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology: - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, FAAC

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ISBN: 9780443287305

Page Count: 300

Imprint: Elsevier

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Using a programmed learning approach that demystifies the many nuances of lung imaging, Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology: A Programmed Text, has long been the go-to learning resource for medical students, residents, radiologists, and others who order and interpret chest x-rays. In this fully revised 6th Edition, Dr. Lawrence R. Goodman offers a clear, self-directed tutorial on all aspects of chest imaging, including an organized search pattern, an approach to imaging interpretation, and differential diagnosis.

The chapter organization fosters reader participation, reinforces key concepts, and allows you to progress at your own pace. Humor and interesting quips sustain your attention—proving that learning can also be fun.

Key Features
- Presents essential concepts in a straightforward, logically sequenced manner, with one chapter building on the next
- Emphasizes basic radiographic anatomy and signs of disease seen in everyday practice on the chest x-ray
- Updates include many new or upgraded images, an additional chapter on ICU imaging, new review questions, and a link to the Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging (2024)
- Includes more than 550 radiographs with additional correlative PET, CT, and MR images as appropriate—all presented with humor and insightful comments
- Contains a brief discussion of how images are formed and radiation safety considerations
- Provides numerous multiple-choice questions and quizzes throughout, along with answers, annotated x-rays, line drawings, cartoons, and engaging clinical pearls
New to This Edition

Easy to read, engaging, and highly interactive, Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology: A Programmed Text, 6th Edition, is the go-to learning resource for medical students, residents, radiologists, and others who order and interpret chest x-rays. It fosters reader participation, reinforces key concepts, and allows you to progress at your own pace.
Contents

1. The Radiographic Examination: The Basics
2. Cross-Sectional Imaging Techniques
3. The Normal Chest X-Ray: Reading Like the Pros
4. Chest CT: Putting It All Together
5. Lobar Anatomy
6. The Silhouette Sign
7. The Air Bronchogram Sign
8. Signs of Lung and Lobar Collapse
9. Patterns of Lung Disease
10. Understanding the Mediastinum
11. The Pleural and Extrapleural Spaces
12. Cardiovascular Disease
13. Segmental Anatomy and Interstitial Lung Disease
Authors

Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, FAAC, Professor, Diagnostic Radiology and Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care, Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Medical College of Wisconsin / Froedtert Memorial Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA