Atlas of Diagnostic Radiology

Three simultaneous roles as a physician, teacher and examiner propelled my search for radiological films with definite findings. This led to a virtual treasure of films from not only my own patients but even my colleagues. Practising for over twenty-five years, I now felt myself in a position to meticulously plan an Atlas. An Atlas of medical radiology may sound as a misnomer to many but significant and valuable technical input from my radiologists should make this book reader friendly. As 20% of X-rays are more than 20 years old, they are not of high quality yet have been included to make the compilation complete. Diverse presentations of diseases have been illustrated by multiple X-rays of single diseases. Tuberculosis being a case in point, its high prevalence and multisystem involvement has many X-rays to present a complete spectrum of disease. Salient features of common diseases have been added at the beginning of the chapters for the benefit of students. Detailed description was beyond the scope of this book. The atlas has been divided into chapters on Pulmonology, Cardiology, Barium Studies, Musculoskeletal System, Abdomen including Intravenous Urographies and lastly CT and MRIs of Brain. In this era of rapid advancement in radiology and imaging, this atlas would be considered more conventional. As undergraduate and postgraduate students of medicine are targeted for readership, I hope it proves valuable. The newer imaging technologies are not covered as this would require a bulkier offering, but have been indicated where of value.