cover image - Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures - 3-Volume Set - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443348815
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 02-12-2025
Page Count: 1680
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $282.99

Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures - 3-Volume Set - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 16th Edition

by Jeannean Hall Rollins, MRC, BSRT(R)(CV)(M) and Tammy Curtis, PhD, RT(R)(CT)(CHES)

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cover image - Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures - 3-Volume Set - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443348815
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 02-12-2025
Page Count: 1680
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $282.99
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Help your students learn and perfect their positioning skills with the leading radiography text and clinical reference! Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures, Sixteenth Edition, describes how to position patients properly, set exposures, and produce the quality radiographs needed to make accurate diagnoses. Guidelines to both common and uncommon projections prepare students for every kind of patient encounter. Anatomy and positioning information is organized by bone group or organ system, and coverage of special imaging modalities includes CT, MRI, sonography, radiation therapy, and more. The gold standard in imaging, Merrill's Atlas covers all procedures in the ASRT radiography curriculum and prepares students for the ARRT exam.
    • NEW! Respiration heading emphasizes the importance of proper breathing instructions for maximizing image quality
    • NEW! Patient positioning photos enhance chapters on the chest, abdomen, pelvis and hip, bony thorax, upper extremity, and lower extremity
    • NEW and UPDATED! Additional figures and content in special imaging modality chapters represent current practice, protocols, safety measures, and technology in pediatric imaging, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic medical sonography, mammography, molecular imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
    • UPDATED! Unit values expressed as SI units, with traditional units provided in parentheses, match the format used in imaging technical texts and the ARRT exam.
    • UPDATED! Gonadal shielding guidelines align with current clinical practice
    • UPDATED! Collimation field sizes and image receptor sizes are simplified for enhanced clinical relevance
    • STREAMLINED! Rounded decimal values replace fractions throughout the text
    • Comprehensive, full-color coverage of anatomy and positioning makes Merrill's Atlas the most in-depth text and reference available for radiography students and practitioners
    • Guidelines to each projection include a photograph of a properly positioned patient and information on patient position, part position, respiration, central ray angulation, collimation, kVp values, structures shown, and evaluation criteria
    • Diagnostic-quality radiograph for each projection demonstrates the result the radiographer is trying to achieve
    • Coverage of common and unique positioning procedures includes chapters on trauma, mobile, surgical radiography, geriatrics, and pediatrics to help prepare students for the full scope of situations they will encounter
    • Numerous CT and MRI images enhance comprehension of cross-sectional anatomy and help in preparing for the Registry examination
  • VOLUME ONE
    1. Preliminary Steps In Radiography
    2. General Anatomy and Radiographic Positioning Terminology
    3. Thoracic Viscera: Chest and Upper Airway
    4. Abdomen
    5. Upper Extremity
    6. Shoulder Girdle
    7. Lower Extremity
    8. Pelvis and Hip
    9. Vertebral Column
    10. Bony Thorax
    Addendum A: Summary of Abbreviations

    VOLUME TWO
    11. Cranium
    12. Trauma Radiography
    13. Contrast Arthrography
    14. Myelography and Other Central Nervous System Imaging
    15. Digestive System: Salivary Glands, Alimentary Canal, and Biliary System
    16. Urinary System and Venipuncture
    17. Reproductive System
    18. Mammography
    19. Bone Densitometry
    Addendum B: Summary of Abbreviations

    VOLUME THREE
    20. Mobile Radiography
    21. Surgical Radiography
    22. Pediatric Imaging
    23. Geriatric Radiography
    24. Sectional Anatomy for Radiographers
    25. Computed Tomography
    26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    27. Vascular, Cardiac, and Interventional Radiography
    28. Diagnostic Medical Sonography
    29. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
    30. Radiation Oncology
  • Jeannean Hall Rollins, MRC, BSRT(R)(CV)(M), Associate Professor, Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Department, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA and Tammy Curtis, PhD, RT(R)(CT)(CHES), Professor and Program Director, Radiologic Sciences and School of Allied Health, Northwestern State University, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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