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Abdominal Ultrasound. By Mike Stocksley. Greenwich Medical Media, King's College Hospital.
Clinical Radiology (2002) 57: 770 doi:10.1053/crad.2002.0990, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on
Book Review Abdominal Ultrasound. By Mike Stocksley. Greenwich Medical Media, King's College Hospital. This is a textbook on abdominal ultrasound directed at the trainee and practising sonographer, radiologist or clinician who practises ultrasound. There are 16 chapters, going through the essential preliminaries, the basics of Doppler ultrasound and ending up with a chapter on miscellaneous information. Each chapter is divided into sections relating to the function of the structure examined, the relevant anatomy, the scanning procedure, and then normal and pathological appearances. In addition, the Author has added short clinical descriptions throughout the chapters detailing the clinical background to any pathology described. Advice boxes, of varying length, are scattered throughout the chapters to highlight pertinent points. At the end of the book there are a number of appendices detailing reporting advice, particularly directed at the sonographer rather than the clinician, although probably useful for both. Included in the chapter on miscellaneous information are instructions as to the planning of an ultrasound room. The line diagrams and ultrasound images are generally of a high standard. A few errors have crept in, for example Figure 2.7 does not
illustrate power Doppler, but is an image of conventional colour Doppler ¯ow. A number of the images are repeated, for example, Image 9.22 and Image 10.7 are the same, but used to illustrate dierent lesions. There are a number of errors relating to formula calculation and the technical aspects of ultrasound, for example, the formula for calculating resistance index is incorrect. A number of these minor errors are scattered throughout the text. In general the clinical information oered in the chapters when discussing pathology is not always correct. For example, the discussion regarding the technique of liver biopsy is somewhat outdated and would not be generally accepted practice in a radiology department. With this in mind, the book would not really be suitable for any clinician with a sound medical background. Furthermore, without the appropriate medical knowledge, the clinical information given may be misleading. Overall, the book has a number of high quality images and line drawings. However, the practising clinician or radiologist will ®nd much of the clinical detail basic and not current clinical practice. P. SIDHU P. FARRANT
doi:10.1053/crad.2001.1088, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Erratum to: ``Reviewing Interval Cancers: Time Well Spent?'' Clinical Radiology (2002) 57: 384±388. By Kate Gower-Thomas, Hilary M. P. Fielder, Lucy Branston, Sarah Greening, Helen Beer, Cerilan Rogers Breast Test Wales, 18 Cathedral Road, Cardi CF11 9LJ, UK Reference 2 in the above article should have read Clin Radiol 1995;50:774±777. Author for correspondence and guarantor of study: Dr Kate GowerThomas, Breast Test Wales, 18 Cathedral Road, Cardi CF11 9LJ, U.K. Fax: 029 2078 7800. Original article doi:10.1053/crad.2001.0882
0009-9260/02/$35.00/0
# 2002 The Royal College of Radiologists
Book Review Abdominal Ultrasound. By Mike Stocksley. Greenwich Medical Media, King's College Hospital. This is a textbook on abdominal ultrasound directed at the trainee and practising sonographer, radiologist or clinician who practises ultrasound. There are 16 chapters, going through the essential preliminaries, the basics of Doppler ultrasound and ending up with a chapter on miscellaneous information. Each chapter is divided into sections relating to the function of the structure examined, the relevant anatomy, the scanning procedure, and then normal and pathological appearances. In addition, the Author has added short clinical descriptions throughout the chapters detailing the clinical background to any pathology described. Advice boxes, of varying length, are scattered throughout the chapters to highlight pertinent points. At the end of the book there are a number of appendices detailing reporting advice, particularly directed at the sonographer rather than the clinician, although probably useful for both. Included in the chapter on miscellaneous information are instructions as to the planning of an ultrasound room. The line diagrams and ultrasound images are generally of a high standard. A few errors have crept in, for example Figure 2.7 does not
illustrate power Doppler, but is an image of conventional colour Doppler ¯ow. A number of the images are repeated, for example, Image 9.22 and Image 10.7 are the same, but used to illustrate dierent lesions. There are a number of errors relating to formula calculation and the technical aspects of ultrasound, for example, the formula for calculating resistance index is incorrect. A number of these minor errors are scattered throughout the text. In general the clinical information oered in the chapters when discussing pathology is not always correct. For example, the discussion regarding the technique of liver biopsy is somewhat outdated and would not be generally accepted practice in a radiology department. With this in mind, the book would not really be suitable for any clinician with a sound medical background. Furthermore, without the appropriate medical knowledge, the clinical information given may be misleading. Overall, the book has a number of high quality images and line drawings. However, the practising clinician or radiologist will ®nd much of the clinical detail basic and not current clinical practice. P. SIDHU P. FARRANT
doi:10.1053/crad.2001.1088, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Erratum to: ``Reviewing Interval Cancers: Time Well Spent?'' Clinical Radiology (2002) 57: 384±388. By Kate Gower-Thomas, Hilary M. P. Fielder, Lucy Branston, Sarah Greening, Helen Beer, Cerilan Rogers Breast Test Wales, 18 Cathedral Road, Cardi CF11 9LJ, UK Reference 2 in the above article should have read Clin Radiol 1995;50:774±777. Author for correspondence and guarantor of study: Dr Kate GowerThomas, Breast Test Wales, 18 Cathedral Road, Cardi CF11 9LJ, U.K. Fax: 029 2078 7800. Original article doi:10.1053/crad.2001.0882
0009-9260/02/$35.00/0
# 2002 The Royal College of Radiologists