E.I. Bluth, C.B. Benson, P.W. Ralls, M.J. Siegel, eds. New York: Thieme; 2007, 752 pages, 1303 illustrations, $199.95.
In a beautifully illustrated and highly readable text, Drs. Bluth, Benson, Ralls, and Siegel have edited and contributed to this 752-page multiauthored text, Ultrasound: A Practical Approach to Clinical Problems. Although most of the book deals with non-neuroradiology subjects (abdomen, male genital system, female pelvis, obstetrics, pediatrics, vascular sonography, sonography-guided therapy), there are areas within chapters that contain items of neurosonography interest, such as the fetal head, intracranial hemorrhage, and ischemia in the premature infant; spinal anomalies in the neonate; carotid artery evaluation; palpable neck masses; and monitoring cranial and spinal surgery.
This book is highly illustrated, with proportionately less written material than one sees in a similar-sized text. That is entirely appropriate because it is the authors’ intent for their book to be a practical guide and to answer specific issues that arise during patient evaluation. Although this is not a book that is recommended to neuroradiologists, it should find its way to the shelves of a radiology department.
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