Breast Imaging Companion (Imaging Companion Series) [Paperback]

Gilda Cardenosa (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0781728916 | ISBN-13: 978-0781728911 | Publication Date: January 15, 2001 | Edition: Second

The top-selling title in our Companion Series is now in its expanded, thoroughly revised Second Edition. Featuring hundreds of large, clear images accompanied by brief, bulleted "key facts," this how-to book provides everything readers need to obtain high-quality scans...correlate radiologic, pathologic, and clinical findings...and communicate the significance of imaging results to referring physicians.This edition contains over 100 new images...new chapters on ACR accreditation and MQSA regulations...and new sections on risk assessment, current prevention drug trials, parasites, localizations for seen-in-one-view lesions, mammotome biopsies, and sentinel lymph node biopsies. Coverage includes updated information on ACS screening guidelines, technical considerations, ultrasound, and emerging technologies.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781728916
• ISBN-13: 978-0781728911
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,070,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Cardenosa's "Breast Imaging Companion", May 29, 2000

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This review is from: Breast Imaging Companion (Paperback)

As a radiology resident in a very busy county hospital, I have all that I can do to keep up with the workload, much less find time for academic reading. Prior to the 1999 in-service examination, I read the ACR syllabus and Cardenosa's "Breast Imaging Companion."

The combination of these two texts served me well, as I scored in the 100th percentile on the breast imaging section. Cardenosa's book is concise, filled with both "classic" and atypical images. It is a rapid read, while maintaining a reasonably comprehensive level of dialogue.

I would reccomend it to anyone learning mammography for the first time and, furthermore, I would recommend that you keep it nearby, as you will refer to it frequently for troubleshooting in this difficult field.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, February 18, 2011

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This review is from: Breast Imaging Companion (Imaging Companion Series) (Paperback)

This book is undeniably the first book any radiology resident should get to learn breast imaging. I can't believe it only has one review for an old edition. It is great as a review and a reference while reading cases. Great images, discusses birads and mqsa, and very thorough pathology coverage. It has some drawbacks. It doesn't cover MRI well. It doesn't cover management very well either. The author's other book, clinical breast imaging covers the management much better.