Fundamentals of Diagnostic Radiology CD-ROM
Author: Cupido Daniels Individual/InstitutionISBN: 9780944838716 ISBN10: 0944838715
Published: 1996 | | CD-ROM
Price: $ 19.95 was 39.95
Canadian Association of Radiologits Journal | August 1997
"This CD-ROM, for Windows-based PC systems, is an introduction to imaging of the body. The material is broken down into the following sections: neuro, chest, musculo-skeletal and abdominal imaging.
"The CD-ROM and its images were reviewed on two 586 systems, one with a 17-in monitor and the other with a 15-in monitor. The quality of the images was significantly better with the 17-in monitor. There were initially some problems with the display, even on the larger monitor, but once the video display was corrected according to instructions in the booklet provided with the CD, the image quality was excellent. The system with 32 megabytes of RAM (random-access memory) and a 16-speed CD-ROM player performed better than the one with 16 megabytes of RAM and a 2-speed player, but both were acceptable.
"Each section of the CD-ROM contains tutorials, which cover imaging findings (and even image acquisition) at a level suitable for medical students, as well as first-year residents in radiology. The text in the tutorials contains sections highlighted in green; clicking the mouse when the pointer is on a highlighted section activates either images or video clips, all of good quality. The images and video clips also have annotations that can be activated by the mouse. In addition to tutorials, each section has cases that challenge the viewer to make a diagnosis and, in some sections, to select another imaging modality. All of these can be activated by the mouse. This reviewer agreed with the descriptions of the radiographic findings and the recommendations for next imaging steps, which include plain radiography, ultrasonography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine techniques. The differential diagnoses are excellent. However, I did discover some small errors in terminology; for example, in the bronchial anatomy portion of the chest section a bronchogram is called an air bronchogram, and in the aneurysm part of the neuroradiology section, the term 'aneurysm' is used to refer to both an aneurysm and a hematoma in the subarachnoid space.
"This CD-ROM would be appropriate for medical school learning centres and radiology libraries. It is just the first stage of a comprehensive revision of medical informatics planned by the publisher."
Donald Lee, MD, FRCPC