Required Readings

Collins and Stern: Chest Radiology Essentials -- Copyright © 1999

Editorial Reviews Book Info Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Second author, Eric J. Stern is from Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Text providing essential information for residents during chest radiology rotation and as a review for oral examinations. Includes extensive halftone illustrations. Follows a 'pattern approach,' using mnemonics as a learning tool.

Stern and White: Chest Radiology Companion -- Copyright © 1999

Editorial Reviews Book News, Inc. Illustrates common abnormalities that radiologists, residents, or pulmonary medicine specialists can apply to a spectrum of conditions and accurately interpret adult chest radiography. Arranged in sections on methods; the lung; the mediastrum; the chest wall, pleura, and diaphragm; and common medical problems. Emphasizes the differential diagnosis of such processes as inflammatory, neoplastic, vascular, congenital, and traumatic. The bibliographic references are topic specific.

Book News, Inc., Portland, OR All rights reserved Book Info Univ. of Washington, Seattle. Practical guide to adult chest radiograph interpretation. Focuses on differential diagnosis in a case study format. The sections include: methods; lung; mediastinum; chest wall, pleura, and diaphragm; and common medical problems. For radiology residents, students, and PAs. Softcover.

Supplemental Readings

Stern and Swensen: High-Resolution CT of the Chest 2nd Edition -- Copyright © 2001

Editorial Reviews From Book News, Inc. This atlas, intended primarily for the private radiology practitioner and the pulmonologist, presents scans of a variety of common lung problems (such as pulmonary emphysema) and less prevalent ones (such as cystic lung diseases and lung transplant cases); it is a pictorial essay of the spectrum of abnormalities that may be seen in a given disease entity. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the use of high-resolution computed tomography.