Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology

Using a programmed learning approach that demystifies the many nuances of lung imaging, Felson's Principles of Chest Roentgenology: A Programmed Text, has long been the go-to learning resource for medical students, residents, radiologists, and others who order and interpret chest x-rays. In this fully revised 6th Edition, Dr. Lawrence R. Goodman offers a clear, self-directed tutorial on all aspects of chest imaging, including an organized search pattern, an approach to imaging interpretation, and differential diagnosis. The chapter organization fosters reader participation, reinforces key concepts, and allows you to progress at your own pace. Humor and interesting quips sustain your attention-proving that learning can also be fun. Presents essential concepts in a straightforward, logically sequenced manner, with one chapter building on the nextEmphasizes basic radiographic anatomy and signs of disease seen in everyday practice on the chest x-rayUpdates include many new or upgraded images, an additional chapter on ICU imaging, new review questions, and a link to the Fleischner Society: Glossary of Terms for Thoracic Imaging (2024)Includes more than 550 radiographs with additional correlative PET, CT, and MR images as appropriate-all presented with humor and insightful commentsContains a brief discussion of how images are formed and radiation safety considerationsProvides numerous multiple-choice questions and quizzes throughout, along with answers, annotated x-rays, line drawings, cartoons, and engaging clinical pearlsThe eBook version (with upgraded functionality) is included with purchase. The electronic edition allows you to access all of the text, figures, videos, bonus chapters and quizzes, and a board review, with the ability to search, magnify, take notes, highlight text, and have content read aloud