The Fifth Edition of Stedman's Radiology Words has over 110,000 words and terms (over 2,400 more terms than the previous edition), including accurate and current terminology related to procedures, techniques, drugs, and tests, as well as abbreviations, jargon, and variants. Coverage includes key terms related to CT, MRI, PET and SPECT imaging, mammography, ultrasonography, x-ray, neuroradiology, and radiographics. This edition contains new appendices on common breast imaging terms and common radiographic imaging techniques and fully updated appendices including anatomical illustrations; contrast media, imaging agents, and related substances; common radiation oncology terms; sample reports and dictation; and common terms by procedure.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
A radiology MT's dream!!:
I work as a medical transcriptionist in the radiology field. This book is extremely valuable to me as a very good reference book. I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone that is in the field of radiology.
Wonderful Resource:
I love this reference book! It is organized so I can easily find what I need. It also has all the newest MRI sequences, etc. I would be lost on the Internet trying to find answers to my spelling questions if I didn't have this time-saving resource at my fingertips. This is a MUST for anyone working with a radiology department.
Misread the title.:
This is not due to Seller, I just don't like the book. I am not a transcriptionist.
Highly recommended!:
Stedman's "Radiology Words" is a stellar imaging word reference for the radiology transcriptionist. Being a full-time radiology transcriptionist and having used Stedman's second edition for many years with extremely favorable results, I can only state emphatically that this current edition has greatly improved by bringing the vastly burgeoning radiological terminology up to date. Imaging modalities have exponentially increased since the last Stedman's Radiology word reference [1995], and with it, the... more info
