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The Brant and Helms Solution: Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology, Third Edition, Plus Integrated Content Website (Brant, Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology)

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This review is of the website only. The website is falsely advertised.

Most of what is described in the product description still does not exist 2 years after publication. The IMAGE BANK does exist and is downloadable. The INTERACTIVE TEST BANK is still "coming soon." The FULLY SEARCHABLE ANATOMY LIBRARY does not exist but takes you back to the image bank. The CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED IMAGING CASES is a collection of page proofs from a number of the publisher's texts, in no order or organization, and is useless. The publishers claim they update the site monthly with articles but there is no such section. You cannot see this website until you have purchased the book.

In short - they wrote a good book, had great web plans, advertised those plans widely, failed to realize those plans, and now falsely advertise.

I used this book throughout residency, and this is an excellent introductory text to the major subspecialties in diagnostic radiology. The book is well written and image quality is excellent. Insert boxes emphasize important teaching points and the differentials are well organized.

With the online access, you can download images for creating teaching files for board review, and you can read the text online, if you wish.

The best chapters cover neuroradiology, musculoskeletal radiology, pediatric radiology, and chest. Mammography, ultrasound and nuclear medicine are not as detailed to the same level. I reach the respective chapters prior to starting my rotations in residency, followed by reading the requisites/case review series (in addition to other supplementary or definitive texts in that subspecialty).

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

Radiology residents
Surgical specialties (specific to their field of interest)
Primary care physicians (specific to their field of interest)
Diagnostic Radiologists (in general)

VERDICT

All in all, I highly recommend this text.

This is a great textbook to read, easy to swallow.
I think this is a must read for every radiology resident before starting subspecialized books.

While only 100 pages longer than the 2nd edition, this book improves on that edition. It is a "core curriculum" for all the facts and information that a general radiologist in a community hospital setting should master, requiring only slight supplementation based on the needs of his individual practice. The text is uniformly clear and concise but very readable. Almost all the pathologies are illustrated so little is left to the imagination and the charts and tables are extremely useful. I read the 2nd edition cover to cover when it came out and plan to do the same with this edition. 20 plus years out of fellowship this book is like a refresher course, sitting by a viewbox with an attending.

As a radiation oncologist, I find this book very useful and turn to it on many occasions. I do not need a text that goes into a great deal of depth about all aspects of radiology, but I need a resource to turn to when I find myself having to interpret abnormal pathology on imaging (beyond what the radiologist's report says). This book meets that purpose. It is easy to use, has just enough depth and breadth, and is full of beautiful pictures. I highly recommend it.

It's a great book for residents and if you're looking for a general book. Very straight foward. The shoulder, knee and ankle MR section is great for whoever is having a first contact w/ M/E MR.

Worth every penny!

Website is poorly developed and was down from approximatly Dec 30th 2010 and was not up and running until the end of March 2011. After emailing every 3 weeks for 3 months, access to online material was finally restored. This happened to our entire class of PGY-2 residents who depend on this text for our conferences. Be advised against depending on online access with this text. Be prepared to carry the text with you if you are planning on reading.

Content varies from high yield (bone tumor chapters) to average (liver and pancreas chapters in GI) to tedious (normal chest anatomy). The higher yield chapters are image rich with good captions. Lower yield chapters are much more verbose with occasional errors in the text.

The book is very well organised and is extremely concise on the specific information you really want to know.
It is a must have book for R1.The images are great and I specifically enjoyed the Neuro and Peds chapters.The online access of the book makes it very easy to read while on call or any where were you have internet access.

This book is great to read. The most important thing about this is you can access the book online. I wish all heavy hardcover books offer this I only bring my laptop and read this book online being a student carrying more than one >20lb book everyday is a killer on my back. Thanks for this company that make it easier for us students to have this book access online. Thanks again

This is the four volume set that I was told is the "Bible" of lower level radiology residents. I was unimpressed. It does cover all organs and all ages but it is very skimpy on pictures, usually giving only a single example of most pathology. Also, if a certain disease is most commonly dx on, say, CT, then no US or MR images are included even if that disease is occasionally dx on those modalities. Worse, many diseases discussed lack any pictures at all. Color images are skimpy. Also it is verbose in some sections that cover extraneous details and lacking in depth on important topics. Equally frustrating is that the index is only in volume IV, making it difficult to access if you only brought volume II to read at work. I read most of it with much effort. Buying and reading more focused books (US Requisites, CXR-Felson, Pediatric Imaging-Donnely, Body CT-Webb) would be a much better use of your time as an intern or lower level resident.