Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology: Sixth Edition

In the past five years, the development of new imaging technologies that make possible faster and more accurate diagnoses has significantly improved the imaging of disease and injury. This new edition of Squire's Fundamentals of Radiology describes and illustrates these new techniques to prepare medical students and other radiology learners to provide the most optimal and up-to-date imaging management for their patients. Not only are new diagnostic techniques outlined, such as the multidetector computed tomography diagnosis of pulmonary embolism and the diffusion-weighted magnetic-resonance imaging of stroke, but hundreds of new diagnostic images have been included to illustrate the radiological characteristics of common diseases with state-of-the-art computed radiography, ultrasound, multidetector computed tomography, and magnetic-resonance images. The text has been completely reviewed and updated to present the latest and best strategies in diagnostic imaging.

New interventional radiology procedures have been added, including vertebroplasty, a percutaneous injection treatment of painful spinal compression fractures; uterine artery embolization, a surgical alternative to hysterectomy in women with painful or bleeding uterine fibroids; and radiofrequency ablation, a percutaneous technique for treating unresectable tumors in the liver and other organs with probes that superheat and thus destroy cancer cells.

A new chapter on advances in diagnostic imaging describes many cutting-edge imaging technologies, such as three-dimensional and digital imaging, functional magnetic-resonance imaging, PET-CT (positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography), cardiac calcium CT scoring, multidetector gated cardiac CT, and molecular imaging.

I loved it. read it cover to cover and found it to be very easy to read and every page was worthwhile.

I would HIGHLY recommend it to medical students who want to gain solid introductory skills in radiology. I now feel that I can look at just about any imaging study and either make an easy diagnosis or follow the readings of radiologists with ease.


I will buy it   March 26, 2003
Matthew Njaa (Marietta, GA)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful

I am a medical student taking my radiology elective (finally) in the spring of my fourth year. Our department loaned the book to us during the rotation. I've found it to be one of those few books that I will actually purchase to have on my shelf at home (and I'm NOT going into radiology). It is written in a pleasing, conversational manner. The illustrations are of high quality. The discussions are at just the right level for an introduction to radiology. And there are many little "problems" presented throughout the text for the student to puzzle over. The answers are either listed in back, or turn up later in the "conversation" within a few pages. Although it seems long (over 500 pp?), it is mostly pictures. I highly recommend the book.


great introduction book   August 10, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

It is a very well written basic introductory book. This book is a must for any medical student interested in imaging. To get the most out of a radiology elective, suggest reading this book cover to cover.


Highly readable, a book to grow with   October 8, 2000
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

New to radiology, I found this book helpful, and an asset to my clinical training. Also, just an enjoyable read, with "unknowns" to test your knowledge as you go along. Excellent as a reference for those in other areas, and a good basic for the beginner in radiology -- probably the best "first" book to get. Highly recommend.


Great Introduction for third year medical students!   July 1, 2009
tigerfish (Bradenton FL)
Radiology was my first rotation of my third year and this book was fantastic at prepping a "green" clinical student. Many of the main ideas were later stated nearly verbatim by my preceptor. It's lacking a bit on the physics of the different methodologies but for a medical student, this is a great start! It's a quick and easy read with plenty of illustrations and I used it as a adjunct to his teaching on a daily basis.