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IMAGING IN ONCOLOGY Modern surgical treatment of cancer requires an understand - - ing of tumou...

INTERPRETING IMAGES While the role of the imaging department is to provide - radiological repor...

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HAZARDS OF IONISING RADIATION The majority of ionising radiation comes from natural sources on E...

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IMAGING IN COMMON SURGICAL CLINICAL SCENARIOS In this section the roles of di ff erent radiologic...

F U R T H E R R E A D I N G Adam A, Dixon AK (eds). Grainger and Allison’s diagnostic radiology:...

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage The aetiology of acute gastrointestinal (GI) haemorrhage varies bet...

HAZARDS OF IMAGING Contrast media There has been a dramatic increase in the use of contrast agen...

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Degenerative disease Synovitis Radiographs are usually the first-line imaging investigation perfor...

Basic principles of imaging methods Conventional radiography Although it is over 120 years since ...

Bowel obstruction The plain abdominal radiograph is a useful tool in diagnosing bowel obstruction...

Computed tomography There has been a great deal of development in CT technology over the last 30...

Aggressive bone disease The radiograph is the first imaging technique for destructive lesions in b...

Articular cartilage damage Articular surface disease is di ffi cult to detect using non-invasive te...

Ulcerative proctocolitis Proctitis is present in most cases of ulcerative colitis, and the degre...

Venous drainage The superior haemorrhoidal veins draining the upper half of the anal canal above...