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Fundamentals of Skeletal Radiology

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I found this a great primer of skeletal radiology as a 1st yr resident and an unbeatable review for the radiology boards. It's easy to read, and easy to memorize.

The last edition was outstanding and extremely popular, although it was identicle to the msk chapters in brant and helms. Unfortunately with the new edition they went very cheap with the paper quality and thus the image quality suffers.

Excellent photos and diagrams. It's easy to ready through and I appreciate the humor. A good initial book for a radiology resident.

It is a great small book. Although I am not a great fan of mnemonics it can be an everyday easy to find reference for skeletal imaging.

This book is a great resource, however, it is very similar to the chapters on skeletal radiology in Brant and Helms. I don't know if it is worth buying this book for residents already using Brant and Helms, but it is definitely a solid well written book.

I'm a first-year radiology resident and am rotating through MSK right now. My attending suggested this book to me, as did more senior residents in my program, so I figured it was worth a shot.

The thing that I love the most about this book is its informal tone. There have been times when I've caught myself laughing out loud because of a funny story that Helms relates. He's not shy about using mnemonics, either, which is different from most text books --- it's nice to have an acronym to assist with memorizing, say, the bajillion causes of lytic bone lesions. It feels like an easy read because I'm not trudging through endless text about anatomical relationships and the finer details of MR sequences. I don't deny that those things are important to learn. They are. However, for a novice like myself, I think it's best to start with a more simplistic book geared toward mastering the basics. The fine details can (and will) come later with more advanced books as you progress through your residency training.

Anyway, in summary, this is an excellent read for a beginning radiology resident!

This book just gives you a more detailed review from the fundamentals of diagnostic radiology, the large hardcover. if this is your specific study this is the book for you.

I'm a radiology resident, and tried to read many musculoskeletal books, all quite abrangent, but hard to read. I found incredible how Dr. Helms could make such a syntesis of musculoskeletal radiology. Of course many chapters are too small. For example, the chapter about MR in shoulder is insuficient. But other chapters, like the chapter about MR in the examination of the knee is amazingly complete in an incredible small number of pages!