This excellent teaching tool combines clearly written text with a wealth of high-quality illustrations to show radiologic technology students how to correctly position patients for accurate X-rays. The text presents more than 190 commonly performed radiographic procedures in a consistent, sequential, step-by-step manner. Each set of illustrations includes a positioning photograph, an X-ray produced from correct positioning, and an anatomical line drawing highlighting the appropriate regions. This edition offers extended coverage of special procedures and enlarged X-rays for better viewing.
Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School and a radiologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dr. Ronald L. Eisenberg has published 20 books in his field of medicine. A non-practicing lawyer, he also has a doctoral degree in Jewish Studies.