Learn and perfect yourpositioning skills with the leading radiography text and clinical reference! Merrills Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures, Sixteenth Edition, describes how to position patients properly, set exposures, and produce the quality radiographs needed to make accurate diagnoses. Guidelines to both common and uncommon projections prepare you for every kind of patient encounter. Anatomy and positioning information is organized by bone group or organ system, and coverage of special imaging modalities includes CT, MRI, sonography, radiation therapy, and more. The gold standard in imaging, Merrills Atlas covers all procedures in the ASRT radiography curriculum and prepares you for the ARRT exam.
VOLUME ONE 1. Preliminary Steps In Radiography 2. General Anatomy and Radiographic Positioning Terminology 3. Thoracic Viscera: Chest and Upper Airway 4. Abdomen 5. Upper Extremity 6. Shoulder Girdle 7. Lower Extremity 8. Pelvis and Hip 9. Vertebral Column 10. Bony Thorax Addendum A: Summary of Abbreviations
VOLUME TWO 11. Cranium 12. Trauma Radiography 13. Contrast Arthrography 14. Myelography and Other Central Nervous System Imaging 15. Digestive System: Salivary Glands, Alimentary Canal, and Biliary System 16. Urinary System and Venipuncture 17. Reproductive System 18. Mammography 19. Bone Densitometry Addendum B: Summary of Abbreviations
VOLUME THREE 20. Mobile Radiography 21. Surgical Radiography 22. Pediatric Imaging 23. Geriatric Radiography 24. Sectional Anatomy for Radiographers 25. Computed Tomography 26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging 27. Vascular, Cardiac, and Interventional Radiography 28. Diagnostic Medical Sonography 29. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 30. Radiation Oncology