best text for CT abdomen?

[HammerPage]

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Anyone have suggestions for good CT abdomen texts for surgery residency. I feel fairly comfortable with reading them but not all that confident yet and would like to improve my ability to read them quickly and confidently. Any recommendations? thanks.

 

[xpert787]

I don't know about texts, but when ever I'm on call and I get someone with an interesting scan, I always go over it with the radiologist on call, I have become much better that way.

 

[mbe36]

Not text, but I have found both of these sites extremely helpful. They were recommended by a rads chief:

http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/

www.learningradiology.com

 

[MediCane2006]

The best way to learn is to look at a ton of CT scans, honestly. And go over them with a radiologist when you can.

 

[Seward]

I have two texts: 1) Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy 3rd edition and 2) CT Teaching Manual.

I bought both of them as one edition older than the current version because they're dirt cheap (less than $10 each) and the location of the renal vein or segmentation of the liver does not vary year to year.

I echo what has already been said: going over the scans with the radiologist and looking at those websites is very helpful.

Going over CT scans blindly, though, can only help you so much.

But these books provide labeled slice-by-slice examples of CT scans of both normal and (in the case of the CT teaching manual) pathological findings. It has helped me immensely to sit down with these books at night and go through a CT scan from a case for the next day, trying to work out the vasculature or just trying to identify all the normal organs/vessels/bones. Once you can identify normal reliably, it helps with assessing abnormal.

 

[Buzz Me]

Look at all your patients' scans. If the dictation is done, look at the scan first, then review it with the dictation (side-by-side). And best of all, look at scans with your chief, fellow, attending or radiology resident/fellow/attending.

It gets better. After looking at 10-20 scans a week, every single week, by the beginning of your chief year you'll have seen around 3000 scans.

 

[omarsaleh66]

Anyone have suggestions for good CT abdomen texts for surgery residency. I feel fairly comfortable with reading them but not all that confident yet and would like to improve my ability to read them quickly and confidently. Any recommendations? thanks.

You may not get much time to read radiology texts during your busy surgery residency but a good easy to read book for body CT that most radiology residents read is the Fundamentals of Body CT by Webb

 

[ExtraCrispy]

This won't help you now, but McGraw-Hill is coming out with a surgical radiology textbook next year. Editors = Butler & Harisinghani.

 

[HammerPage]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll take it all on board!