Long description:

Learn and perfect your positioning skills with the leading radiography text and clinical reference! Merrill's 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, Merrill's Atlas covers all procedures in the ASRT radiography curriculum and prepares you for the ARRT exam.

• NEW! Respiration heading emphasizes the importance of proper breathing instructions for maximizing image quality
• NEW! Patient positioning photos enhance chapters on the chest, abdomen, pelvis and hip, bony thorax, upper extremity, and lower extremity
• NEW and UPDATED! Additional figures and content in special imaging modality chapters represent current practice, protocols, safety measures, and technology in pediatric imaging, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic medical sonography, mammography, molecular imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology
• UPDATED! Unit values expressed as SI units, with traditional units provided in parentheses, match the format used in imaging technical texts and the ARRT exam
• UPDATED! Gonadal shielding guidelines align with current clinical practice
• UPDATED! Collimation field sizes and image receptor sizes are simplified for enhanced clinical relevance
• STREAMLINED! Rounded decimal values replace fractions throughout the text
• Comprehensive, full-color coverage of anatomy and positioning makes Merrill's Atlas the most in-depth text and reference available for radiography students and practitioners
• Guidelines to each projection include a photograph of a properly positioned patient and information on patient position, part position, respiration, central ray angulation, collimation, kVp values, structures shown, and evaluation criteria
• Diagnostic-quality radiograph for each projection demonstrates the result the radiographer is trying to achieve
• Coverage of common and unique positioning procedures includes chapters on trauma, mobile, surgical radiography, geriatrics, and pediatrics to help prepare you for the full scope of situations you will encounter
• Numerous CT and MRI images enhance comprehension of cross-sectional anatomy and help in preparing for the Registry examination

Table of Contents:

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