NEUROIMAGING: POCKET TUTOR

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with on the go , at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations; Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging); Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking). The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the fear factor associated with day-to-day clinical training, and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points: Highly-affordable price and convenient pocket-size format; Logical, building-block approach to content: initial chapter on the principles of neuroimaging, followed by focus on understanding normal and abnormal images; Subsequent chapters describe specific disorders; Clinical disorders are illustrated by high-quality images with accompanying text that clearly identifies the defining features of the image; Focuses on the conditions medical students and junior doctors are most likely to see.