Pocket Guide to Radiography

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Summary: too big for the pocket
Review: I found this book to not be a good value as it is too large to easily fit in a pocket. My program had us buy it as a required book. Book would be improved by making it smaller. Also please put in pictures of finished radiographs and technique suggestions. (Showing suggested side marker placement and showing 2 or three views together on a single image receptor when this is customary would be useful too.) I gave up on trying to carry this thing and wrote my own little book to carry. So did the other students at my hospital.

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Summary: HANDY REFERENCE
Review: The newest edition of this Pocket Guide is a great improvement over the previous edition. The alert to projections that may need adjustment for computed radiography is a timely addition. The write-in techniques section is excellent, especially for AEC techniques. We also like the added mobile projections although only 10 of the most common are described. This handy fit-in-the pocket guide is wonderful for students to carry around and reference. The discussion is very brief, however the students have already had detailed study from the main Merrill's textbook. No radiographs are included, however, they have already seen these in their main textbook and in lab. The most important addition, a very well done photo of the patient in postion, is all that most students and radiographers refer to once they have mastered the projections. Although a radiograph would be nice, we are glad the authors have not cluttered the pages with unnecessary data and have kept the Guide relatively small. This is by far the best Pocket Guide on the market. Thanks for a very well done and practical Guide for our students.

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Summary: The best Pocketguide for radiography students&radiographers
Review: We looked at all the pocketguides available and the Ballinger/Frank was the best of the group. First, this is the only pocketguide that had a radiograph. That is usually all I need to do the projection. The radiograph is helpful when I check my films also. Second, I can write in my AEC techniques and this is the only pocketguide that allows this. Third, we use CR and the CR tips on the pages are very helpful. I also like the pages on positioning for newborn babies. It fits nicely in my pocket and is my constant companion. Some of the radiology rooms in our department have these guides on the generator for quick access to positions not done as often. This is a great little reference for daily use. I plan to buy a new one when I finish training.