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Preface and Acknowledgements

The at a Glance series has served us well through our careers and we
felt that it was time that the specialty of radiology was also given the
at a Glance treatment. We present Radiology at a Glance in this
classic style to help teach the basics of radiology in a simple and clear
fashion. Since the GMC published ‘ Tomorrow ’ s Doctors ’ in 1993,
medical schools have restructured their curricula to include clinically
integrated teaching. This has meant detailed factual learning has been
replaced with a more focused and clinically orientated medical course,
including radiological images from the outset of the programme. With
this in mind, we have also included radiological anatomy and covered
conditions that regularly appear in medical school exams. These
‘ classic cases ’ are found in separate chapters allowing easy access for
doctors on the wards.
We have written this book not only with medical students and junior
doctors in mind, but trust that it will be a useful aid to students of

radiography, nursing and physiotherapy, as well as other health profes-
sionals. We therefore hope it will be a valuable tool in gaining an

understanding of the essentials of clinical radiology.

We would like to express our gratitude to all the consultants and

teachers at Southampton General Hospital and to the Wessex Radiol-
ogy Training Programme for their inspiration, meticulous teaching and

expert guidance. We extend warm thanks to Professor Andy Adam for
giving his precious seal of approval for this venture. We would also
like to thank our publishers, in particular Ben Townsend and Laura
Murphy, for showing such enthusiasm for all our ideas and turning
them into reality. We would like to dedicate this book to our families
who have supported us through this great experience. Finally, we
thank all our readers for taking the time to read this book, and in return
we hope you feel it was time well spent.

Rajat Chowdhury
Iain D. C. Wilson
Christopher J. Rofe
Graham Lloyd – Jones