Essentials of Skeletal Radiology (2 Volume Set)

Selected as a Doody’s Core Title for 2025! The fully updated Third Edition of this successful text covers the full spectrum of radiology, continuing its tradition of excellence. Useful both as a learning tool across the chiropractic curriculum and as a reference and clinical aid to practitioners, the text helps readers distinguish key radiologic features—invaluable in clinical decision making. This edition incorporates the latest imaging technologies—including SPECT bone scan, diagnostic ultrasound, helical 3D CT, and MRI—and features more than 4,500 images obtained with state-of-the-art techniques. Coverage includes new chapters on soft-tissue imaging and paraspinal abnormalities and more information on sports-related injuries.

Table of Contents:
VOLUME ONE Normal Skeletal Anatomy and Radiographic Positioning 1 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Measurements in Skeletal Radiology 197 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Congenital Anomalies and Normal Skeletal Variants 257 Gary M. Guebert, Lindsay J. Rowe, Terry R. Yochum, Jeffrey R. Thompson, and Chad J. Maola Scoliosis 405 Lindsay J. Rowe, Terry R. Yochum, Chad J. Maola, and Norman W. Kettner Natural History of Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis 433 Terry R. Yochum, Lindsay J. Rowe, Michael S. Barry, Chad J. Maola, and Norman W. Kettner Diagnostic Imaging of the Musculoskeletal System 485 Terry R. Yochum, Norman W. Kettner, Michael S. Barry, Melanie D. Osterhouse, Robert J. Longenecker, Claude Pierre-Jerome, and Lindsay J. Rowe Principles of Radiologic Interpretation 679 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Skeletal Dysplasias 721 Margaret A. Seron, Terry R. Yochum, Michael S. Barry, and Lindsay J. Rowe Trauma 793 Lindsay J. Rowe, Terry R. Yochum, and Chad J. Maola VOLUME TWO Arthritic Disorders 951 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Tumors and Tumor-Like Processes 1137 Terry R. Yochum and Lindsay J. Rowe Infection 1373 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Hematologic and Vascular Disorders 1427 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Nutritional, Metabolic, and Endocrine Disorders 1497 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Report Writing and Risk Management Strategies in Skeletal Radiology 1547 Lindsay J. Rowe, Terry R. Yochum, and Chad J. Maola Radiographic Artifacts 1581 Terry R. Yochum and Lindsay J. Rowe A Radiographic Anthology of Vertebral Names 1701 Terry R. Yochum, Bryan Hartley, David P. Thomas, and Gary M. Guebert Masqueraders of Musculoskeletal Disease 1715 Lindsay J. Rowe and Terry R. Yochum Appendix A-1 Index I-1