A Patient's Guide to Medical Imaging

Ronald L. Eisenberg is an internationally renowned radiologist, who has authored 20 books in his medical specialty. Dr Eiseneberg received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and did his residency at Massachusetts General Hospital (1969 - 1970) and UCSF (1973 - 1975). He is currently Chairman of Radiology at the Highland General Hospital in Oakland, CA and Clinical Professor of Radiology at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Radiology at UC Davis School of Medicine in Sacramento, CA. A non-practicing attorney and author of Radiology and the Law, Dr. Eisenberg has also published five books in the field of Judaic Studies, including The Jewish World in Stamps and The Jewish Publication Society Guide to Jewish Traditions. Alexander R. Margulis immigrated from Yugoslavia after WW II, was accepted to Harvard Medical School where he graduated in 1950. He did his Radiology residency at the University of Michigan, was an Assistant Professor atthe University of Minnesota, served 2 years as a captain in the US. Army Medical Corps and was then.Assistant, Assocaite and Full professor at Washington University St. Louis MO. Dr Margulis was Pofessor and Chairman of the department of radiology, UCSF and is now Clinical Professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, NY. He has authored or edited 16 books and more than 400 peer-reviewed papers.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction Roentgen and his discovery Overview of the radiologic imaging process Radiology personnel Radiation exposure Cost of imaging procedures Health care reform 2. Conventional radiology Plain radiographs Portable radiographs Fluoroscopy Barium swallow Modified barium swallow Upper GI series Small bowel series Barium enema 3. UltrasoundSpecial types of ultrasound Obstetrical (fetal) ultrasound Doppler ultrasound Echocardiography 4. Computed tomography Special types of CT Chest CT Abdominal CT Head CT Spine CT Whole-body screening Virtual colonoscopy 5. Magnetic resonance imaging MR arthrography 6. Breast imaging Mammography Ultrasound MRI Biopsy 7. Nuclear medicineSpecial types of nuclear medicine Bone scan Lung scan Thyroid scan Cardiac scan PET and PET-CT 8. Angiography Catheter angiography CT angiography (CTA) CT coronary angiography CT pulmonary angiography MR angiography (MRA) 9. Interventional radiology Vascular procedures Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) Embolization Tumor embolizationChemoembolizationUterine artery embolization Thrombolysis Venous access procedures Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters Non-vascular procedures Needle-aspiration biopsy Fluid aspiration and drainage Tube placement Tumor ablation Vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty Informed consent 10. Pediatric imaging 11. Miscellaneous studies DEXA bone scanningHysterosalpingography Glossary Index