BookTerry R. Malone, Charles Hazle, Michael L. Grey, Paul C. Hendrix.
Summary: "Imaging for the Health Care Practitioner offers authoritative, engagingly written coverage of common imaging modalities and their use in evaluating, monitoring, and treating the injuries most often encountered by health care professionals. The concise, clinically focused content focuses on what is most important to patient management and education. You will find a complete review of radiography, CT, MRI, and ultrasound, along with more than 360 state-of-the-art images that depict injuries and the healing process. The authors take you through both advantages and limitations of each modality in the rehabilitation setting as well as the screening and evaluation process. Armed with the expert insights found within this book, you will gain a meaningful frame of reference from which to discuss the results of these tests with patients."--Back cover.
Contents:
Introduction to imaging
How to order imaging and communicate imaging results
Primer on reading images
Medico legal considerations of imaging
Head and neck
Chest
Abdomen and pelvis
Vascular
Fractures
Cervical spine and TMJ
Shoulder
Elbow and forearm
Wrist and hand
Thoracic and lumbar spine
Pelvis and hip
Knee
Ankle and foot.