Getting Started in Clinical Radiology
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The opening sentence says it all: “Radiology can be a lot
of fun!” It summarizes what is unique about this book.
Radiology books designed for medical students have as
their main purpose an introduction to the science and art
of medical imaging. Behind this obvious purpose is an implicit
intent also to fascinate students, and thereby to inspire
some of the most susceptible and capable to choose
a career in radiology. An early attempt to inspire students
grew out of a classroom medical student teaching program,
in which the radiologist Lucy Frank Squires was assisted
by students and radiology trainees like myself. That
course was wildly successful and attracted many students
to a lifetime interest in radiology. What made this program
unique was its light-hearted approach and the use of
everyday household objects to explain radiological principles
to the students, and to make them feel comfortable in
the process.
This text by George W. Eastman, Chris Wald, and Jane
Crossin is, in many ways, an extension of that successful
humanistic formula for medical student teaching. The
authors have captured our attention by introducing the
subject through the eyes of fictional medical students to
whom they have given form, substance, and personalities
with emotions and fears. Although fictional, the characters
are realistic in their foibles. What is new and different in
this book is its clever use of these students to make us inquisitive
about them as well as the real subject matter. This
process relieves some of the inherent dryness of the topic
by involving our hearts in the sharing of the uncertainties
and concerns of the characters, and it captures our attention.
The thread of human connection to our fictional students
weaves its way through the book. In the introduction
we learn of the diverse backgrounds of the students,
something of their private lives, and gain an inkling of their
interactions with each other. In the chapter on chest radiology,
we sympathetically experience the challenge of the
subject material through their eyes.
The complexity of modern radiology is reflected in the
organization and content of the book. The students’ introduction
to radiology starts with technical aspects of basic
image acquisition and extends to the fundamentals of
psychophysics in image perception, an important topic often
overlooked in radiology texts. What follows includes
principles of disease detection, disease diagnosis, and appropriate
examination selection. As one who was a radiology
trainee in the 1960s, I never cease to be amazed
at how simple life was at that time. One chose between
either film radiography or fluoroscopy; there was nothing
else but nuclear medicine, which was then still in its infancy.
Now, the wide range of imaging modalities makes
it essential to learn how to choose between them to
make the best use of imaging.
For this voyage of the medical student into the world of
radiology, the authors have set sail toward a unique polar
star that encompasses humanism as well as comprehensive
imaging science. The text promises to introduce
and guide a new generation of students into the fascinating
world of radiological imaging.
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