Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics

by William Herring

A must-have for anyone who will be required to read and interpret common radiologic images, Learning Radiology: Recognizing the Basics is an image-filled, practical, and easy-to-read introduction to key imaging modalities. Skilled radiology teacher William Herring, MD, masterfully covers exactly what you need to know to effectively interpret medical images of all modalities. Learn the latest on ultrasound, MRI, CT, patient safety, dose reduction, radiation protection, and more, in a time-friendly format with brief, bulleted text and abundant high-quality images. Then ensure your mastery of the material with additional online content, bonus images, and self-assessment exercises at Student Consult.


Identify a wide range of common and uncommon conditions based upon their imaging findings.

Arrive at diagnoses by following a pattern recognition approach, and logically overcome difficult diagnostic challenges with the aid of decision trees.


Quickly grasp the fundamentals you need to know through more than 700 images and an easy-to-use format and pedagogy, including: bolding of key points and icons designating special content; Diagnostic Pitfalls; Really, Really Important Points; Weblinks; and Take-Home Points.

Gauge your mastery of the material and build confidence with extra images, bonus content, interactive self-assessment exercises, and USMLE-style Q&A that provide effective chapter review and quick practice for your exams.

Apply the latest recommendations on patient safety, dose reduction and radiation protection

Benefit from the extensive knowledge and experience of esteemed author Dr. William Herring-a skilled radiology teacher and the host of his own specialty website
Stay current in the latest advancements and developments with meticulous updates throughout including a new chapter on Pediatric Radiology as well as more than 60 new and updated photos, many highlighting newer imaging modalities.

Maximize your learning experience with interactive Student Consult extras videos/images of 3D images, functional imaging examinations, dynamic studies, and additional assessments.


Student Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

Genres: Medicine, Medical, Textbooks, Reference, School

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First published May 1, 2007

Reviews

[👁 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read chest and abdomen chapters for my radiology course. Hands down it was the best medical reference book I’ve ever read. Very simple and comprehensive text with great summarizing tables it was easy to remember after reading only once. Thanks to William Herring and of course my attending who forced us to read it!

[Michal Vilimovsky · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a great book for 1st and 2nd year radiology residents who want to learn some basic information about all radiologic modalities. The 4th edition was greatly updated and information about ultrasound was added.

[Billy Hammond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy to understand explanations. Clearly labeled illustrations and photos. Great book!

[Stanley Xue · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple med student level. Good refresher but also had couple of new things to learn in each chapter usually.

[M.A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnificent. recommended to all clinical medical students as the first radiology book a doctor needs.

[JUAN CARLOS · Rating 4 out of 5]

De los mejores libros de radiología básica. Es un libro hecho con cariño, que con cada nueva edición mejora en contenido.

[Veronica - I need a husband, to have a fancy last name]

Fuck yall. Nie będę tego czytać XD (tho jest db napisane i do autorów nic nie mam). Po prosti zepsuto mi radiologię. I jedyne co mnie z niej obchodzi to echo i badania do płuc.
Bye.

[Ladli · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Wonderful radiology book for students. Easy to read and process, with quality images and explanations. The organization is clear and user friendly, and it starts with the basics and works it's way up. I was able to better appreciate resident lectures because of this book.

The author is quite funny as well! You'll appreciate the sarcasm he throws in there every once in a while.

Would Definitely recommend!

[TheAmusingAce · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice introduction to the various modalities in Radiology for the keen 3rd Year Medical Student, but I found the organization of the text and pictures in this book endlessly infuriating. I hate flipping back and forth to correlate the paragraph I'm reading with the findings being described! This would have been a 4 star review without that irritating component.

Hopefully the new edition fixes this problem!

[Thodoris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for acquiring a basic and solid knowledge for Radiology but some general principles and the physical basis of diagnostic imaging (mandatory for my uni's syllabus) were lacking and had to seek elsewhere.

[Jon Albarran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to this book, I was able to get a taste of radiology before getting experience in the field. Describes the basics of medical imaging analysis of different modalities. Organized by commonly taken radiographs of different body systems.

[Jumana | جمانة · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book gives a very good introduction to chest radiography, I recommend it for any medical professional who wants to introduce himself to chest x-ray.

[Adkham Sattorov]

Best book

[Jacob Torres · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best textbooks I’ve read in medical school. Detailed, but accessible. A great resource for anyone wanting an introduction to radiology.