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Pocket Guide to Radiography, 5e

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The newest edition of this Pocket Guide is a great improvement over the previous edition. The alert to projections that may need adjustment for computed radiography is a timely addition. The write-in techniques section is excellent, especially for AEC techniques. We also like the added mobile projections although only 10 of the most common are described. This handy fit-in-the pocket guide is wonderful for students to carry around and reference. The discussion is very brief, however the students have already had detailed study from the main Merrill's textbook. No radiographs are included, however, they have already seen these in their main textbook and in lab. The most important addition, a very well done photo of the patient in postion, is all that most students and radiographers refer to once they have mastered the projections. Although a radiograph would be nice, we are glad the authors have not cluttered the pages with unnecessary data and have kept the Guide relatively small. This is by far the best Pocket Guide on the market. Thanks for a very well done and practical Guide for our students.

The new 4th edition of this pocket guide to radiography, with new co-author Eugene D Frank, has been greatly improved. It is the smallest and easiest PG to carry around. Our students cannot get along in the department without this. Our staff radiographers also depend on this. A wonderful new feature of this new edition is the ability to enter AEC techniques, something no other PG has. Every possible AEC setting can be entered! There is also a place to enter manual techniques which makes this an all around excellent guide. The very brief statements of how to position along with a well done photo allow users to quickly reference any position. Our radiology residents use this also for quick reference. We really appreciate the new references to mobile views and especially neonatal babies. Without a doubt this is one of the best tools a radiography student has. Most of my students who leave here buy a new one for their new facility. This new PG can also serve as a student competency check off master because space is provide to enter this information. An impressive all around guide.

THE QUICKEST AND BEST POOCKET GUIDE TO TAKING THE BASIC RAYS---. DID YOU FORGET HOW TO DO IT. MY STUDENTS LOVE THIS BOOK, MY STAFF LOVE THIS BOOK. ONE PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS!!!!

We looked at all the pocketguides available and the Ballinger/Frank was the best of the group. First, this is the only pocketguide that had a radiograph. That is usually all I need to do the projection. The radiograph is helpful when I check my films also. Second, I can write in my AEC techniques and this is the only pocketguide that allows this. Third, we use CR and the CR tips on the pages are very helpful. I also like the pages on positioning for newborn babies. It fits nicely in my pocket and is my constant companion. Some of the radiology rooms in our department have these guides on the generator for quick access to positions not done as often. This is a great little reference for daily use. I plan to buy a new one when I finish training.

My main gripe with this book is that it's hardly portable. It's pocket sized- if you're a kangaroo...and kangaroos are NOT allowed in the radiology department!

"Pocket Guide to Radiography" served as one of my references for the ARRT examination along with "The Ultimate Study Guide for the Registry Examination in Radiography: Key Review Questions and answers." "Pocket Guide to Radiography" had all the information for the positioning portion of the test. The central ray, part position, and patient position are always described in a very descriptive but easy to comprehend fashion. The pictures are great and easy to follow. For awesome practice questions for the ARRT Examination, I also found "The Ultimate Study Guide for the Registry Examination in Radiography: Key Review Questions and Answers" to be a wonderful reference. These books helped me to pass the ARRT the 1st time I took it. For quick look-up of medical terms, I also found "Dorland's Pocket Medical Dictionary Book" quite practical and also excellent.

My program teaches Positioning for two semesters prior to clinicals, so the Pocket Guide to Radiography was easier than making flash cards for the required positions.

I found this book to not be a good value as it is too large to easily fit in a pocket. My program had us buy it as a required book. Book would be improved by making it smaller. Also please put in pictures of finished radiographs and technique suggestions. (Showing suggested side marker placement and showing 2 or three views together on a single image receptor when this is customary would be useful too.) I gave up on trying to carry this thing and wrote my own little book to carry. So did the other students at my hospital.

This is a great little book. It would be a lot better, though, if the pages weren't so thin. I am a radiography student and carry it around a lot and use it for reference. If I could change two things about this book, it would be that I would make the pages a little tougher or laminated so that they wouldn't rip out of the ring or get hung on the edge of the ring and I would also put tabs for quick reference.

The pocket guide is a must have for the radiography student. Pictures and explanations in a condensed version of Merrill's is portable and easy to use. The only complaint that I have is that it has too much space for recording information such as generator type, milliseconds used, and part thickness. As a beginning student in the real world, I am far more interested in image criteria, which is of far more value in determining whether or not a radiograph is good. Image criteria is NOT included in this guide, and there is little room to handwrite it on the pages as they are filled with the other information.