Product Description

"The Brant and Helms Solution" gives you a complete print and multimedia package consisting of the textbook, "Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, Third Edition", plus instant access to a brand-new interactive resource that keeps your radiology skills up-to-date. The book is a comprehensive review of radiology that can be used as a first reader by beginning residents, referred to during rotations, and used to study for the American Board of Radiology examinations. It covers all ten subspecialties of radiology and includes over 2,700 illustrations. This edition features expanded and updated coverage of all sections; many new illustrations and tables; expanded coverage of multi-slice CT; and, new bone imaging modalities. This edition is available in two formats: the traditional hardbound single-volume textbook, or a softbound four-volume set. The Website features fully searchable content from the book; a downloadable image bank containing all images from the text; continuously updated imaging cases; an interactive test bank with questions from the brand-new "Review of Fundamentals of Radiology"; and, a fully searchable anatomy library of high-resolution radiologic images. This work is part of "Doody's Core Titles 2009".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #90441 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 4
• Binding: Paperback
• 1584 pages

Customer Reviews

best radiologic "all in one"-book ever written
This is a book with so many hints, mnemonics and interesting information that it is even fun to read it. it gives you a short but important overview about all subspecialities of radilogy. A must for all residents in radiology.

Excellent synoptic text, let down by atrocious editing and a poor website.
The Brant and Helms solution is thoughtfully organised and accurately referenced, covering a wide scope of essential radiological knowledge.

However, it is littered with editorial errors throughout. Some examples include Page 800, where Figure 29.2 has the GOJ A ring labelled as the B ring and vice versa, page 820 where the curious statement '(EMPHASIS EMPH-TYPE_ "itallic" >5)' appears randomly and page 830 where the sentence reads 'Pancreatic carcinoma may also encircle and obstruct the pancreas', when it should read duodenum. These errors constitute just two subsections; my copy is filled with handwritten corrections, which is inexcusable in a third edition. (Frankly the proof readers should not be employed as such in future)

The website is also largely disappointing, with fairly low resolution images, very few sample questions and infrequent updates or additions. The Americanised signs can also be mildly irritating/confusing.

In conclusion, if you can tolerate the appalling editing, it is an excellent radiological text. The MSK section is especially good and is essential reading for any radiologist (the separate MSK text authored by Helms is essentially lifted directly from this book). It may just be worth spending a little more on Grainger & Allison's alternative text, which is a far more polished product without the irritations described above.

Ordering logisitcs
This is a great book, but Amazon are unable to deliver all four volumes correctly. Both myself and two others have had considerable difficulty getting the correct combination. i.e. two volume threes and one volume two etc. Beware!!!! I gave up in the end and ordered elsewhere.